Putting the AT in N at lights

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Originally Posted By: 440Magnum


In all cases, I leave my foot on the darn brake... what are you THINKING if you put it in neutral so you can take your foot off the brake?!?


Exactly!
 
Foot on brake with vehicle not moving = no wear...


How do you guys think a parking brake works???
 
Originally Posted By: TFB1
Foot on brake with vehicle not moving = no wear...
Correct, and its safer too when a vehicle is stopped in traffic.
 
Originally Posted By: Trav
Yes maybe i didn't understand what he meant by flat spot. I understood him to mean you could in some way damage the rotor from applying pressure to the caliper when stopped.


Isn't that what happens in any automatic transmission vehicle at a stoplight? Or even a manual transmission one stopped at a light on a hill? That truly sounds to me like a myth.
 
Originally Posted By: eljefino
^ I remember hearing you should see the bottoms of the tires of the car in front of you over your hood. This will give you time to go to full steering lock and maneuver around them. Also handy if they just stall.


+1 absolutely
 
Originally Posted By: A_Harman
Originally Posted By: demarpaint
Originally Posted By: A_Harman
If you don't see someone coming up behind you, perhaps you should hang up your cell phone and pay attention. Or ride the bus.


Yea right I've been driving since the mid 70's and was never in an accident, tell someone else. I don't use a cell when driving either. Hopefully I'm never in front of you at a light when you're in neutral off the brake. You'd be the hazard, to me.


So there I was, driving in heavy traffic in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in my rental car with a couple of co-workers. We were going about 50 mph, when all of a sudden there was a traffic backup, and I had to execute a max-effort emergency stop, coming to rest about 1-2 feet behind the car in front. Then I looked in the rear-view mirrora female driving a Jeep Cherokee, yacking on her csaw the tie-up about
slammed on her brakes, locking up her wheels and sliding into
True story. If you'rest a matter of luck whether or not you're going to hit the car ahead. And besides in my original note, I sATTENTION to cars coming up behind you and keep your brakes applied. As yosee, I have had some experience in this area.


Again, as I said earlier in this thread.. she (Cherokee) rear-ended you, so she is automatically at fault.
 
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