Automatic trans: correct usage at drive-through?

Nicholas Lisse said:
Just to throw a curveball at you... my car has a double clutch... so there is no strain on anything when the brakes are pressed.

What should I do now? ��
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In theory keeping the pads against the disc while they are hot would cause some pad material transfer and potential premature warping.

Whether that amounts to a real world issue or a paper value one is ultimately the question.

Obviously it's such a small issue that manufacturers have never bothered to design a solution around it. Some cars do tend to release the brake somewhat when at a standstill for extended periods, but not sure if that's just part of BAS/ABS or for this particular reason.

Ultimately it's as silly as the don't keep your hand on the knob while driving, or hang heavy keyrings off the ignition as it will cause wear. Sure in some lab someone could measure this ****...but does it actually matter? No.
 
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Foxhound5366 said:
If you drive an auto, what do you do?
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I drive both a traditional auto and a CVT. In both cases I put my foot on the brake when I'm stopped temporarily. Handbrake and park when I intend to leave the vehicle.

Foxhound5366 said:
I've read online that it's recommended to even shift an auto transmission into Neutral whenever you're stopped with the engine running (e.g. at traffic lights) and then just keeping your foot on the brake to prevent the car from rolling
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I've read a great many things online and it turns out some of them turned out to be an enormous load of bovine excrement. There are a great many flavours of engine and transmission out there, and to generalise something like that is silly. As always when it comes to all things vehicle-related I'd refer to my owner's manual when unsure, and neither says to engage neutral when standing still with the engine running.
 
Sinbad said:
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I see this **** all the time where people are obviously putting the brakes on while accelerating and I wonder how the hell they are managing that without using their left foot to accomplish it.

Usually it goes hand in hand with utterly erratic driving otherwise, so I can fully agree with the point that you shouldn't be on the bloody road.
 
SauRoNZA said:
I see this **** all the time where people are obviously putting the brakes on while accelerating and I wonder how the hell they are managing that without using their left foot to accomplish it.

Usually it goes hand in hand with utterly erratic driving otherwise, so I can fully agree with the point that you shouldn't be on the bloody road.
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It's perfectly acceptable to depress both brake and accelerator simultaneously... if you're a rally driver, lol.

http://www.formula1-dictionary.net/heel_and_toe.html
 
So I just went through a drive through a few minutes ago and the brake lights in the car in front didn't bother me. I tried to take a pick but I kept getting a yellow flare. Could have been a reflection from the pizza hut box on my dashboard?
 
crackersa said:
So I just went through a drive through a few minutes ago and the brake lights in the car in front didn't bother me. I tried to take a pick but I kept getting a yellow flare. Could have been a reflection from the pizza hut box on my dashboard?
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If you smear some vaseline all over your windscreen, you can get a really nice soft focus effect. Just be careful that when you run your gas heater (with cylinder) that it doesn't melt the vaseline.
 
I've had a thought

Should you disable your stop-start at a drive through? Surely all that stopping and starting means your engine will sieze before you get your KFC?
 
garp said:
This is widely available in luxury vehicles and is starting to trickle down to more mainstream cars, but is usually an expensive optional extra.
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Not anymore. e.g. High Beam Assist costs R1200 on a VW Golf. These driving assistance technologies have become much more affordable and accessible.
 
Hmm, yeah I'll have to disagree with you OP. I don't think someone that does this is being inconsiderate, or is an idiot. It's a drive-through - the expectation is probably that things will move quickly enough to not warrant having to shift a bunch of times, engage and disengage handbrakes etc.
At a robot perhaps, you'll know you're going to be stationary for a set period, you can see when you're going to go, you can move into neutral. But other than that, nah, and in this situation, I think they're behaving perfectly acceptably. Also personally never felt blinded by any cars in front of me - this is in a sedan, SUV and once, on foot.
I'd much rather people simply have their foot on the brake and move off sooner, than that two second delay.
As for me, depends on the length of time it looks like I'll be stationary.

Large parts of being a "good" driver are actually open to a degree of interpretation I reckon and just cos we think it's a certain way doesn't automatically make it so.
 
Sepeng said:
I'd much rather people simply have their foot on the brake and move off sooner, than that two second delay.
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If a two second delay makes your life miserable in a drive-through, I think you should be re-evaluating your life choices. Being blinded by red light for the full five minutes that that the slower drive-throughs regularly take from start to finish is a different story. In other words, the discomfort to the people affected is far greater than the discomfort required by the people sitting on their brakes to simply not do so.
 
Foxhound5366 said:
If a two second delay makes your life miserable in a drive-through, I think you should be re-evaluating your life choices. Being blinded by red light for the full five minutes that that the slower drive-throughs regularly take from start to finish is a different story. In other words, the discomfort to the people affected is far greater than the discomfort required by the people sitting on their brakes to simply not do so.
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You are so extra.
 
this is the answer to the glare from brake lights

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the gun is optional, use it if the person in front of you have his/her foglights on. Pop a lead pill or two at the foglights and all will be well*






























[SUB]*really, really not recommended unless you want some free food and lodging for a while...[/SUB]
 
Archer said:
Comedy gold :D Thank you to the OP and all others involved
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I do aim to please, thank you *bows* Even more I aim to question the unquestionable, buck a few norms, get under a few skins and generally try leave the world a better place by encouraging considerate behaviour.

Bet none of you will ever look at a brake light the same way again.
 
Foxhound5366 said:
I do aim to please, thank you *bows* Even more I aim to question the unquestionable, buck a few norms, get under a few skins and generally try leave the world a better place by encouraging considerate behaviour.

Bet none of you will ever look at a brake light the same way again.
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I will never look at any brake light again - for fear of being blinded.
 
Splinter said:
I will never look at any brake light again - for fear of being blinded.
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Find yourself in a narrow drive-through at night, parked 1m away from a big sedan blasting high-powered red light at you, and let's see you look into the darkness vainly :P I am confident this will happen to all of us in our lifetimes, and I just wonder how many people here will remember when they get annoyed by it to come back and post here that maybe, just maybe, they were wrong.
 
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