surely the only time you need to left foot break in a car is while on a track/rally and on rear wheel drive cars where you can keep the power on and brake?

I tried it on the road once... almost went thru the windscreeen. altho I did it on a autosolo once by mistake and it can help

Right foot, just like you would in a manual.

I can't stand people that left foot brake auto's and always have their foot resting on the brake just enough to have the brake light on all time.

bludvl_x19 said:

So I am the only person it the whole world (well, FF at least) who left foot brakes?? My left foot gets bored ****less doing nothing in an auto.

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I usually avoid this problem by not driving autos.

Troy.

TroyO said:

Right foot, just like you would in a manual.

I can't stand people that left foot brake auto's and always have their foot resting on the brake just enough to have the brake light on all time.



I usually avoid this problem by not driving autos.

Troy.

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My foot doesnt rest on it, its just ready to brake.

And hardy har har, so do I, but Fiat reliability usually means I am

craigb244 said:

I tried it on the road once... almost went thru the windscreeen. altho I did it on a autosolo once by mistake and it can help

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same happened to me with a manual theres simpley not enouth controll

I right foot in both my Manual and Auto Panda.

Isnt that how it's suppost to be done?

Can buggar up powdered clutches if you left foot brake and have your foot on both pedals at once

in both manual and automatic the correct method is right foot braking only.

left foot braking is only a trick that is used to allow you to control both the brake and accelerator at the same time. it should only be used when appropriate, which is really only when trying to corner as quickly as possible and you need to quickly adjust the loading. in normal driving it should never occur, and there is no benefit to doing it.

in theory on an auto it doesnt really matter which foot you brake with as long as you never press both pedals at the same time, but left foot braking would still make you fail your test, and it is well known for seriously overheating and damaging the brakes if you do have a habit of double pedaling.

Def Right foot, tuck the left leg out of the way or use the foot rest if you have one.



Trev

your foot naturally will press the clutch down hard (with left foot) and do the brake dependig on the breaking distance so i would say right (i have never driven a manual)

i tried breaking with my left as a test and it stopped very quickly lol as my left foot is used to slamming down the clutch

Mikeee said:

(i have never driven a manual)

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Drive an auto Punto do you. never knew that. Learn something new everyday

right foot, auto or manual

Mikeee said:

i have never driven a manual

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what is your disability?

jug said:

what is your disability?

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LONDON DRIVERS

Can't blame him with the amount of traffic etc!

day to day normal driving, the safe right footed way.

only occasionally have I left footed, where its been safe to do so. When I used to race I occasionally used left foot, but it didnt really suit my style of racing

Most Easterly Pandas said:

Drive an auto Punto do you. never knew that. Learn something new everyday

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no i dont remember saying ive never driven a manual lol

WTF

bludvl_x19 said:

When driving an auto, do you right or left foot brake? Im a left foot braker, coming from a karting background where anything different is quite difficult.

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oops!! I missed this bit, and thought you mean left foot braking on a manual car. Automatic however, I still use right foot.

Actually quite like automatics, but only on a large car, and superb in heavy traffic!!

left foot it its the best way

andysporting said:

left foot it its the best way

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will fail your test

right foot for both pedals SIMPLES...

It should always be right foot only in an automatic, my grandad insists on using both feet and it jerks the car all over the place!

I'd like to get used to left foot braking for any track days etc and when I feel like going mad down country lanes. Very hard to get right though if you've never done it before.

Only tried it once and nearly spun the car