First ever automatic box

canis · Oct 12th, 2018, 13:44

I've just got an automatic, and I love it. I love being able to drive left-handed, I love having two hands on the wheel and the whole driving experience is much less intense, less hassle, and just generally overall better.

But I'm new to autos. I've driven the occaisonal automatic, when borrowing one or whatever. But this is the first time I've had any real long-term experience with one. So I have some n00b questions, which I realise will make me look foolish, but if you don't ask you don't get answers, so here goes. I'll just grit my teeth.

Hill starts. What exactly is the correct procedure?

Is it okay to leave it in drive on the handbrake?

Is it a good idea to select into neutral at traffic lights?

Is there an elegant way of changing up during a kick-down burst of accelleration? Currently it'll refuse to change up again unless I ease off. Which I don't really want to do, I want to continue accelerating, but I do want to change up a gear as red-lining isn't really my thing.

Can anyone give me some tips and advice please?

Oct 12th, 2018, 13:44	#1
canis Non Fragile Last Online: Oct 13th, 2023 05:46 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Chadderton, Oldham	First ever automatic box I've just got an automatic, and I love it. I love being able to drive left-handed, I love having two hands on the wheel and the whole driving experience is much less intense, less hassle, and just generally overall better. But I'm new to autos. I've driven the occaisonal automatic, when borrowing one or whatever. But this is the first time I've had any real long-term experience with one. So I have some n00b questions, which I realise will make me look foolish, but if you don't ask you don't get answers, so here goes. I'll just grit my teeth. Hill starts. What exactly is the correct procedure? Is it okay to leave it in drive on the handbrake? Is it a good idea to select into neutral at traffic lights? Is there an elegant way of changing up during a kick-down burst of accelleration? Currently it'll refuse to change up again unless I ease off. Which I don't really want to do, I want to continue accelerating, but I do want to change up a gear as red-lining isn't really my thing. Can anyone give me some tips and advice please?

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