Has anyone tried this?

I was trying to pivot the car round a wet roundabout yesterday but found that as soon as the brake peddle was pressed the throttle was reduced, even though I had my foot on it quite hard.:confused:

It this a feature of the "drive by wire" throttle?

Read all about it here

Q.

Cheers Q,

I guess I

Hmmm. Left foot braking. In my experience that is either not braking or braking VERY hard. I guess one's left foot is only used to the on/off operation of the clutch, and not the fine control our right feet have over the throttle/brakes. I have done left foot throttle on the motorway before when I got cramp in my right leg, if that counts...

Left foot braking in an automatic is really scary.

I guess all automatic drivers have done it once - forget it's an auto, stamp on the BIG left-hand pedal ready to change gear, retrieve passenger from windscreen...

and retrieve car following out of your boot.

Originally posted by KLB in this post

Left foot braking in an automatic is really scary.

I guess all automatic drivers have done it once - forget it's an auto, stamp on the BIG left-hand pedal ready to change gear, retrieve passenger from windscreen...

Nick - you probably have an excuse as I'm sure the 928 must be a manual? At least you can say you drive each type of transmission on a regular basis...

I've only had one auto experience, in the slowest diesel landcruiser ever... Not a pleasant little trip!

SilveRS,

Get 1552 or CAG-COM, you can disable all bar the ABS. Agree left foot braking is a pain with the fly by wire. Handbrake turns are also better if you turn of the traction control (so I'm told )

Jon

Cheers for the tip Jon, will try the handbrake without traction on. (not on a public road though)

I used to use left foot braking when driving my Senator and previous automatics. Once your left foot gets the feel its quite safe and makes hill starts a total non-event. I also found it easier to adapt to than driving LHD cars and changing gear with the right hand.