OT: Driving electric cars in winter

[Mr Macaw]

Ouch! So if you forgot and thought you were in a manual, you'd go to press the clutch and do a handbrake turn?

[Mr Macaw]

I hardly think they'd be "written off", that would require a lot more speed than you could get from accelerating from standstill in a car park.

[Mr Macaw]

If someone is annoyed by only 21W red lights, they need to see an optician.

[Mr Macaw]

In an auto you don't need to use the handbrake. The TC prevents rollback.

Foot to the floor on the accelerator pedal makes it select the lowest gear possible anyway.

TC prevents rollback. You don't need rapid transition. Keep your (right) foot on the brake until you've selected the (forward or reverse) gear you want, then let go of it. The car will stay still or move gently in the correct direction.

An auto already controls wheelspin itself by changing up as soon as it starts.

Only if your left foot is resting on the brake pedal all the time. Otherwise your right foot is actually closer, as it's higher up.

[Mr Macaw]

It is in a 1998 Golf.

[Mr Macaw]

An auto will do this for you. Foot on brake, car stationary, select D. Let go of brake slowly, car will begin to inch forwards. Use brake to reduce inching. If not fast enough, change to accelerator. You never need both.

[bert]

Not necessarily if it is on a hill

Lurch forward and hit car parked just in front of you.

Correct procedure - Hold left foot on brake to prevent moving. Gently press accelerator just o raise revs a little, then ease off brake just enough to allow inching forward under close control. Job done.

[Just Me]

nt: this would break the laws of physics).

Hucker is a troll.

[bert]

Then don't quote it as typical because it isn't.

[Mr Macaw]

Most downhills, you use brakes. If you're going to be going downhill long enough to heat up the brakes, simply move the selector into lower gears until you feel enough braking from it.

[Sam Crean]

I've done it more than once, because I normally drive a manual.

I usually hit the brake.

None with mine either, just a nuisance.

[Mr Macaw]

Too much expense for the small gain.

[Sam Crean]

Nothing like as well.

You have a lot more control on the inching speed with the accelerator.

Makes more sense to have one foot on each right from the start.

Both works better in that situation.

[harry]

To get back OT On electric cars, one pedal controls normal braking and acceleration.

[Davey]

How? Is it a rocker pedal? Just wondering.

[harry]

No, when you lift off the accelarator, there is a progressive regenerative braking effect. There's a big switch in my car (looks like a gear lever) adjusts the drive for different circumstances. ie Highway, about town and winding roads.

Works very well indeed. Mechanical brakes only used to bring the car to a halt and emergency.

[Davey]

[Mr Macaw]

Your logic is absurd. Because a converted car requires both fuels, you conclude that I can't fill up with both. You're upside down.

[harry]

They don't require both fuels. The petrol tank is there in case you can't find gas.

[Mr Macaw]

It'll stay still then. It will never go backwards.

Did I say push it to the floor? Are your feet so insensitive that you have to fight one with the other?

Completely unnecessary, see above.