Manual / auto

I've done it. I drove manual cars for almost 40 years then changed to auto. It only took a day or two to get used to it and i wouldn't change back now. Is seems hard work when i do occasionaly drive a manual car. I hope you both find it as easy as i did.

First of all you don't use your left leg at all, in fact, you can toss it out of the window.  You just thrust the lever into "Drive" or "D", and put your foot on the accelerator and away you go.  So easy peasy.  You do have gears, usually marked "1" or "2" if you wish to drive up a long hill.  You more than likely know this, but because Auto is so easy, and you pass your test on an automatic, you have still to pass your test on manual, whereas, when you pass your test in manual, you can drive any car whether manual or auto.  In future, just rest your left leg, it doesn't do anything, and certainly don't use it to brake

At one time my tow car was auto and my work van is manual , just jump in what ever I am going to drive and never give it a second thought 

Driving an automatic is easier than Driving a manual.  One pedal to make it go faster and one to make it go slower. We have had one automatic and one manual car for about 17 of the last 20 years and never had a problem. I have got to say I have never hit the brake with my left foot thinking it was the clutch.  What I have done more than once if I'm honest is forget to change gear in the manual car and then wondered why it is shaking its self to death when I am slowing to a stop at traffic lights Cars don't like doing 5mph in 5th. 

This question has been asked so many times. It's a very small minority that would ever revert to 3 pedals after they've properly got their head around driving an auto. 

Left foot braking takes practice 

Driven auto cars for the last 11 years, would not go back to manual through choice. Our last two tow cars were auto Sorento's, when we got the motorhome I traded the Sorento in for an auto  Kia Venga which is  cleaver little car. Just wish the motorhome was automatic!!!

David

 ....I forget to change gear in the manual car and then wondered why it is shaking its self to death when I am slowing to a stop at traffic lights Cars don't like doing 5mph in 5th. 

Like wise or jab the throttle to try to make it change down .... 

How do you do hill starts with an auto? How do you hold the car still on a hill just using the clutch and accelerator? (I know its probably bad for the clutch)

How do you do hill starts with an auto? How do you hold the car still on a hill just using the clutch and accelerator? (I know its probably bad for the clutch)

I’m on my second auto tow car and hill starts are no different to flat road starts, you just press the go pedal. Both cars have had automatic hand breaks and hill start assist. Soooo easy.  

How do you do hill starts with an auto? How do you hold the car still on a hill just using the clutch and accelerator? (I know its probably bad for the clutch)

I’m on my second auto tow car and hill starts are no different to flat road starts, you just press the go pedal. Both cars have had automatic hand breaks and hill start assist. Soooo easy.  

automatic hand breaks? seriously how do they work?

(I'll still double-de-clutching but someone did mention a synchromised gearbox is now avaiable)