De Sisti wrote: ↑24 Nov 2021, 4:20pm
Drivers at traffic lights using their footbrake to hold their vehicle stationary instead of the vehicle's handbrake. Their brake lights dazzle anyone behind them. It's extremely difficult
for those with cataracts or suffers of epilepsy to be behind vehicles at such times.
Mmm! interesting. I never use my handbrake. Having automatic gears, it just isn't necessary.
I recall hovering on an incline in Norwich when I was waiting at a light on a hill, balancing the accelerator and clutch to hold the car still was a skill I excelled at. Do I miss manual shifts? Some times, but automatic gears make driving much less of a challenge in traffic.
Cars owned with manual shifts: Singer Bantam, Austin Ruby, Ford Anglia, Ford Cortina GT (fabulous car), Jaguar XK150 soft top (wonderful to drive and first car I ever hit 100 MPH driving), Ford Mustang (first car after moving to the US), Morris 1000, Mini Estate, Peugeot (diesel)
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Cars owned with automatic gears: VW Passat, (we have owned three of these), VW Tiguan (current car and first car I can load the bike in the back without having to take the front wheel off).
Motor bikes/scooters owned with manual gears
: Bond motors scooter (Piece of junk), BSA 150 (wonderful to ride - but not in London where I worked) and the bike that carried my wife and I to Spain on our honeymoon.