Re:People in Los Angeles Are Getting Rid Of Their Cars
by thaumasiotes on Saturday September 03, 2016 @07:00PM
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My 2002 automatic Corolla moved forward very slowly when in drive with no application of the accelerator at all. Obviously, it's possible.
> It might just be that American drivers aren't used to going in any sense slow at all.
We have traffic jams here too. They are a huge percentage of time spent driving. (Since they're so slow.)
Re:People in Los Angeles Are Getting Rid Of Their Cars
by Broken_Hippo on Sunday September 04, 2016 @05:47AM
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Well, it isn't impossible, but automatics vary on ease of this. Most automatics will move forward without pressing on the gas if they are in driving gear. Some do this faster than 10mph. Going less than idling speed requires fancy brakework.
It is much easier with a manual transmission. It isn't going forward with some power from you. Ease up on the clutch a bit and give just a bit of gas and you have no problems.
Re:People in Los Angeles Are Getting Rid Of Their Cars
by kwhitefoot on Saturday September 03, 2016 @05:44PM
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Strange idea.
My 1999 Rover 75 has an automatic transmission and I have no trouble driving slowly (if I must). Never had any trouble driving cars in the US either (many visits over the last 20 years) and quite a lot of that was pretty slow (freeway from Raleigh to RDU on a Friday afternoon can be pretty much walking speed sometimes).
And apparently that's very difficult when you don't have the clutch to moderate speed, or so I was told. It might just be that American drivers aren't used to going in any sense slow at all.
(But those damn bikers, always zipping by! By the cries, you must think cyclists in America have some magic potion that makes them go 50mph instead of, you know, <=20mph peak)