Do any of you with paddle shifters for your automatic actually use them?
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@nomdeb
Shellie used the tiptronic gear changes on our automatic for steep hills. She likes that sense of control. I just like finally having an automatic and being lazy after all these decades of being a gear monkey :)
@colindean
Shellie used the tiptronic gear changes on our automatic for steep hills. She likes that sense of control. I just like finally having an automatic and being lazy after all these decades of being a gear monkey :)
@colindean
@ewen @colindean Heh. I have memories of "riding the clutch" on San Francisco hills when I first moved to America and still drove a manual car.
@nomdeb @ewen @colindean
The best invention in the world, for this San Franciscan at least, is Hill-Hold Control for automatic transmissions. It prevents roll-back when you stop at a stop sign on a hill. I have it now in my 2024 Mazda but man, I wish I had it on my other cars years ago.
@BobHorowitz @nomdeb @ewen @colindean
Québec City hills are just as bad, and a buddy showed me how to use the parking brake while holding the pin so it won't lock. It's the third foot.
@DenOfEarth @BobHorowitz @nomdeb @ewen Pittsburgh 'n'at reporting in here. My Nissan Versa felt like it was going to flip over every time I went up Canton Avenue 10 to 15 years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_Avenue steepest street in the US
@colindean I would if I had them. I loved the control I had with a manual car, but now also love the ease and convenience of an automatic. I do change gears in certain places in my automatic too - downshifting to 2, out of drive, etc.