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Johandea ,

That’s the clutch and brake pedals…

WarmSoda ,

Exactly. They take a screenshot.

smeg ,

The fools, this actually reboots the car into safe mode!

synapse1278 ,
@synapse1278@lemmy.world avatar

Joke appart, this is the proper way to do an emergency braking.

smeg ,

And if you have an acceleration-activated dash-cam this could cause it to trigger, which is as near to a screenshot as you’re getting!

synapse1278 ,
@synapse1278@lemmy.world avatar

Wow, this post isn’t even a meme anymore at this point !

synapse1278 ,
@synapse1278@lemmy.world avatar

USA citizen having no clue about the existence of manual gear-box in vehicles, probably.

netburnr ,
@netburnr@lemmy.world avatar

US stick driver here, equally disappointed in the picture.

garretble ,
@garretble@lemmy.world avatar

Same.

But at least my car is less likely to get stolen!

xpinchx ,

As long as you don’t get car jacked 🙃 saw a headline a few months ago (a year ago?) That a young man got shot and killed because a car jacker couldn’t steal his car.

A little unnerving in Chicago where car jackings are relatively frequent.

ObviouslyNotBanana ,
@ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world avatar

I think it makes the whole meme funnier personally

zaphod ,

If you step on those pedals at the same time the car is just going to stop, that’s all, nothing funny.

WillFord27 ,

Should’ve been gas and clutch for a nice big rev

fatalError ,

Vvvvrrrrooooommm

ObviouslyNotBanana ,
@ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world avatar

It’s part of the joke of the meme though.

Ejh3k ,

There are literally dozens of us!

Orbituary ,
@Orbituary@lemmy.world avatar

I didn’t see you at the convention in Munich last year.

GreenMario ,

Yeah well it’s hard when you hear all your life if you mess up once you blow the transmission,.which is a several grand repair, nobody with a manual will ever let you practice on their car and well hey automatics are everywhere and don’t have that headache.

netburnr ,
@netburnr@lemmy.world avatar

That’s not true, a money shift is very rare.

If you were near me I would help you learn on any of my stick vehicles, it’s pretty easy one you have some practice.

Valmond ,

Nah, you just can’t without being a complete psychopath I guess force in a too wrong gear, the sync won’t be able to spin so fast that you can actually put in a ridiculous gear.

And reverse is usually not synced so even harder.

Skelectus ,
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They may have exaggerated the risk of a money shift a tiny bit. Stalling is easy, but blowing the car up has to be hard.

WillFord27 ,

I’ve nearly shifted into 2nd gear from 4th before, the car was NOT happy, but there were no explosions. Granted, I didn’t fully let up the clutch, but still. Mistakes happen.

Karyoplasma , (edited )

I shift from 4th into 2nd all the time when in city traffic before taking a turn, so I’m pretty confused why that would be an issue.

Unless you wanted to shift up and brainfarted and shifted down instead. But it’s pretty hard to hammer in a gear that is way too low for your current speed. There will be a lot of physical resistance and that grinding noise before the gear snaps in.

WillFord27 ,

I was going highway speeds, I was going from 4th to 5th but decided to go back into 4th (or something to that effect, it was a while ago now). The shifting itself was easy because I had the clutch in, but as soon as I started to lift off the clutch it got pissed

synapse1278 ,
@synapse1278@lemmy.world avatar

You would really have to do it on purpose to blow up your transmission. These guys had to try pretty hard

Bytemeister ,

Nah, they just don’t want you to drive their car. Chance of a money shift is extremely low, and it doesn’t usually happen while learning. Money shifts really happen when you are trying to drive too fast, and you downshift more than 2 gears quickly. Most learners have trouble keeping the RPMs up high enough to money shift. I was perpetually shifting at 1.3k when learning and you can pretty much go from 6 to 2 without money shifting at those low revs.

grue ,

nobody with a manual will ever let you practice on their car

I’m sorry that happened to you. IMO folks are way more precious about their manual transmissions than they need to be. I’ve taught several people to drive stick – including myself, in a brand-new car I drove home from the dealer in rush-hour stop-and-go traffic – and it’s never hurt anything. (That brand-new car still had its original clutch when it was sadly totaled by a falling tree, 100k miles later.)

laurelraven ,

Same, I learned on a brand new car, on my own, and taught a couple other people with it, and it still had the original clutch when the transmission linkage broke at 187k (basically totaled at that point, just pulling out enough to get to the transmission would have cost more than the car was worth at that point… Low end Chevy’s don’t hold much value as it turns out)

The clutch is meant to slip, that’s literally how they work. As long as you aren’t riding it partially engaged for hundreds or thousands of miles, you probably won’t burn it out. If they were as delicate as people treated them, they wouldn’t have been the choice for racing for as long as they were after automatics hit the scene.

Lemonparty ,

I haven’t driven a stick in over a decade and this meme upsets me.

Kidplayer_666 ,

Third pedal is there tho

synapse1278 ,
@synapse1278@lemmy.world avatar

The third pedal becomes invisible to the ignorant minds.

Hildegarde ,

They just added the caption. If the creator of this were capable of making the drawing, they would do something more with their life than memes.

You can’t find an image of pushing the brake and throttle at the same time on wikihow.

grue ,

You can’t find an image of pushing the brake and throttle at the same time on wikihow.

Huh, I’m a little surprised it doesn’t have articles on left-foot braking for racing or brake torque launches for drag-racing.

elscallr ,
@elscallr@lemmy.world avatar

Am US citizen, only drive manual transmissions. Anyone here who likes cars can drive a manual transmission, anyone who doesn’t like cars doesn’t give a shit about a manual transmission and just wants to get where they’re going.

We invented cars, we’re allowed to decide how they evolve.

jas0n ,

We did?

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

American too. I don’t really like cars, but if I have to drive one, I would prefer one with a manual transmission. Unfortunately, my current car doesn’t have one because they don’t put them in affordable cars anymore.

Fal ,
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Because they’re objectively worse in all measures other than fun

jas0n ,

Because they’re objectively worse in all measures other than fun control.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Maybe, but when I had a manual Toyota Corolla in the 90s, I felt like I was able to control the car so much better than any of the automatics I’ve had since.

Fal ,
@Fal@yiffit.net avatar

What does “control” mean to you?

shallowAF ,

Spray cheese - yes. Cars? No.

Pavidus ,

I think you drastically underestimate the number of gearheads in the States. Makes sense, given we have incredibly limited public transport. Currently have 3 manuals in my driveway.

synapse1278 , (edited )
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Of course, it a joke based on the fact that manual gearbox is, even to this day, the standard in Europe. I would be very surprise to meet someone with a driver license who can’t drive manual. It seems in the USA manual driving is a hobby for car enthusiast. But what do I know? I have never step foot on the new continent.

Pavidus ,

Long live the manual transmission!

HootinNHollerin ,
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Geez you are pitiful

vsh ,
@vsh@lemm.ee avatar

Who needs a manual for daily commuting in 2023?

MrJameGumb ,
@MrJameGumb@lemmy.world avatar

My dad used to yell at me for trying to drive like this when I was a teenager!

Somehow my brain decided that if I needed to drive slower then I should just add some brakes instead of just letting off the gas…

That lasted about a week lol

dingus ,

I’ve always heard that this is how a lot of the “wrong pedal” accidents go. Two foot drivers get panicked in an accident and slam on both the gas and the brakes at the same time. I feel like the brake should be able to override the gas though. But I’ve never tried it and am not about to lol.

Steve ,

In many cars, they don’t.

grue ,

I feel like the brake should be able to override the gas though.

“Override” in the sense of pushing the brake pedal cancelling the accelerator input signal? No.

“Overpower” in the sense of the brakes being able to apply more force to stop the wheels from turning than the engine at full throttle is able to apply to keep them turning? Yes.

dingus ,

Regardless of your issue with my terminology, it just seems like a safety issue if the brakes can’t overpower the acceleratkr. What if the accelerator got stuck?

grue ,

Sorry, my tone was unintended: the part I meant to emphasize is that your brakes should be powerful enough to overpower the engine, even if it is stuck at full throttle. If they can’t, something is wrong with your brakes.

dingus ,

Ah you’re good. For whatever reason my weird brain was taking it to imply that the brakes may not necessarily be able to do that and was like wtf that seems dangerous.

H4mi ,

In most cars, the accelerator is easier to press down fully than the brake pedal. Apply the same force required to floor it to the brake pedal (or even double) and the car will go.

grue ,

You’re not incorrect, but that’s the wrong comparison to make. If the car is accelerating out of control and you’re trying to stop it, you’re not going to press the brake as hard as you would the accelerator; you’re going to press the brake as hard as you can (which, unless you’re old and frail, is a lot harder).

SuperIce ,

All cars from 2012 and newer actually have a brake-throttle override that cuts the accelerator signal if the brakes are being pressed due to the 2009 incidents with Toyota cars that had their accelerator pedals get stuck in floor mats.

SuperIce ,

Actually, due to the 2009 incidents with Toyota accelerator pedals getting stuck, all modern (~2012+) cars cut the accelerator signal if the brakes are being pressed as a safety precaution (this is called brake-throttle override).

grue ,

That’s true; Toyota needed the appearance of doing something to “fix” the “problem.” I’d argue that the feature was never actually necessary, though.

I also wouldn’t be surprised if, as those 2012+ vehicles age, the extra complexity ends up causing more problems (e.g. from failing switches cutting the accelerator signal when they shouldn’t) than it ever prevented.

Tinks ,

I’m actually terrified of doing this in an automatic because I’ve been driving a manual so long. Nobody is making manuals anymore so I assume my next car will be an automatic and I’m going to need a strap for my left foot so I can’t accidentally do this lol.

Last time I drove an automatic I put it in reverse when I got to a stop sign because my hand just went for it and pushed the same amount I would in my car to get to neutral. That was the day that I learned both that the button on automatic shifters means nothing, and that I must sit on my right hand when driving one.

That muscle memory is a hell of a thing

Strykker ,

When I’ve driven an auto rental a few times the most I accidentally do is try to put my left foot through the floor when going for the clutch that doesn’t exist. The brake is far enough to the right your engrained habits shouldn’t cause you to reach for it with you left.

Bytemeister ,

Nah, just tell him you’re trying to keep the turbo spooled up.

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