LOL. I'm too old, I don't have a selfie stick! Nor, the coordination to drive a Ferrari and operate an iPhone at the same time. T
The other thing I find quirky with my Mercedes is the foot operated 'emergency' brake, normally called a handbrake. Again like the column shifter it's probably an American thing? First time I came across one was in 1988 and my first visit to the USA, Florida. It was a Ford Taurus rental. That took some getting used to. The F355 and Mondial had the 'Fly-Off' handbrake (next to the door). I never had any issue driving them but when I got back into my regular car I kept going for the door handle
Agreed, I can't think much is achieved having the foot brake next to the transmission tunnel. On my Mercedes there appears to be more than enough room for a regular handbrake.
....and so far a mechanical one. Have driven a car with an electric one but I'm still not sure about them.
Ah yes, the foot hand brake! Our Honda truck has it too. Not sure about wife's Benz. It's pretty flat where we are, and so we use it very, very infrequently. T
This is my automotive pet peeve. The most idiotic invention ever. Why someone had to replace a simple - to use and confirm - device with a confounded electronic gizmo is beyond me. T
Yeah the fist time I rented a California they forgot to tell me how to work the electric parking brake. I had to learn myself after I got home. Then I got to wondering how bad it could be if that failed or failed to engage. Fun times....
For a while I drove one car that engaged the parking brake automatically in park, got so used to it that I would forget to engage it in the other car which had a tiny barely noticeable button, until one day I reversed parked it 40° downhill facing a river. It was still there when I came back thankfully.
Totally agree, though some are integrated absolutely perfectly into luxury cars so you never touch the button, and engage and disengage just when you want them too. Others are pretty terrible. There is a whole generation who have never done a good handbrake turn, and I feel for them.
I hired a new VW Golf in Italy last year and it was not a particularly well specced Golf. This did exactly that. All you had to do was release the clutch and it did the rest.
Love that color and the wheels. Just recently started to get the hots for a Charger Hellcat. House in NY is on the mkt and the plan is to buy something in Sarasota. Anyway starting to think about daily driver for me once we have moved. Fla is so wide open I think you kind of need something that is great on the open roads and the Charger seems to be perfect for that. How is she as a long distance cruiser? Have seen some quote 24mpg on the highway. Beautiful car...
Converting a 360 to manual right now for this very reason! In fact, I literally just added the clutch pedal to the assembly. Such a glorious sight.
So I have been a manual kind of guy for many many years. A few years ago I was looking at a 370z and this car was going to be for the wife. I wanted a manual so bad, sports cars should have them after all but caved in as it was going to be her daily. Anyway long story short I fell in love with the auto in it. The paddles worked great, it had rev matching and yes if you were in manual paddle shifting you could redline it and it wouldn't shift for you till you made it. After 2010 they changed this. I could stomp on the gas and light up the rear tires, it was a blast! Anyway it sold me on autos, then I had a DCT in a Porsche that I really liked as well. That car even with paddles shifted far better than I could using paddles so it stayed in auto. I am back to a manual and I love it but I also know that if for any reason my wife had to drive it she couldn't. Autos aren't as bad as they once were and no you don' lose your man card if you drive one.