So I had to play musical cars the other day because I was blocking in my mom's car. So I backed my car up (which is a manual trans.) and left it running in the street, then I hopped into my mom's automatic altima and pulled that out for her. After backing out the altima, I hopped back into my car to pull it back into the driveway... Well, when I was going back into the driveway with my car I just couldn't friggin stop! I live on a decline too, and when I finally ripped the e-brake, I was just a split second too late.. I remember slamming on the clutch multiple times but not stopping.. It was my first time driving an automatic since I got my car.. it felt so weird... And because of such a dumbass thing happening, I ended up running into a small rock next to my driveway and now it looks like my 08 with under 3k miles is going to need a new front bumper already...

 

Ouch... that sucks usually it happens the other way around for me.. I drive my GF's car (auto) and when im stopping i start looking for the clutch and panic a little and then i realize its auto and feel like and idiot.

 

Seppuku. Nao.

 

use the middle peddle next time

 

that sucks bro but it made me laugh a lot. just thinking of it happening to me and how much of an idiot i would feel after hahahahaha!

 

word. for the first month of owning my new truck (auto) i would get in and put my left foot down only to find just the floor lol. it's crazy how we develop theses "habits" its like muscle memory or something, just a natural thing you do... weird.

 

ouch....yah, whenever i drive an auto, i always look for the clutch....i guess good driving instincts can't be ignored, haha.....how bad is the damage?

 

so, u confused the clutch for the brake pedal ?

 

LOL I would have been ashamed to admit that on this forum.

 

You gon get flamed

 

reading the title I thought this was a thread about doing a tanny swap. Im sorry to hear about your loss...

 

lol same here

 

Haven't had any troublesome mixups since I drive the girlfriend's auto
fairly often, but I always find myself keeping my right hand on the
shifter.. Hopefully I don't try to downshift into park one day.

 

You could throw it into reverse going 70 on the freeway...

 

Dang that sucks, I have searched for the clutch on an auto but never had that happen to me before.

 

That kind of sounds like fun. I might have to check youtube to see if anyone has done that, lol.

 

That reminds me of the time I was driving in Florida, driving my moms auto Camry....driving down an offramp....getting ready to stop, thinking I'm hitting the clutch to put it in Neutral...I slammed on the brakes!!! Lol....

needless to say i scared the bejesus out of my passenger, made lots of noise and felt embarrased doing what looked like a frantic stop similar to some newbie driver...

 

i dont' get it. why didn't you just push the brake? good luck tho.

 

that's sucks.

 

Two peddles instead of three is confusing. The left foot has no responsibilities.