Another newbee

[Doix]

Hi there,

My car has manual transmission, which to me is the easiest. Once I drove an Opel with a traditional automatic transmission and I forgot that when slowing down, the car does not 'brake' on the engine (or how do I say that in english?). I entered the corner to fast and ended somewhere at the nearby pavement ...... ****shameshameshame**** ;) Since then I always drive manual but I am aware of the relax way of driving automatic transmission could deliver ;)

Kind regards,

Aad ~ Doix

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Doix

Hi there,

My car has manual transmission, which to me is the easiest. Once I drove an Opel with a traditional automatic transmission and I forgot that when slowing down, the car does not 'brake' on the engine (or how do I say that in english?). I entered the corner to fast and ended somewhere at the nearby pavement ...... ****shameshameshame**** ;) Since then I always drive manual but I am aware of the relax way of driving automatic transmission could deliver ;)

Kind regards,

Aad ~ Doix

Expanding on your experience with your Opel, I don't think I would have had only 20% wear on my brakes at 208,000 miles if my Yaris had an automatic transmission rather than a 5-speed manual.