I drove a ‘68 Hemi Coronet with manual drum brakes once. The owner was in the car with me and he said ‘ Go on, floor it !’ Which I did. I then put my foot on the pedal to slow it down and THAT was an experience.
I honestly thought the brakes had failed.
lol... I learned to drive manual on my 66 c10, 3spd on tree, manual breaks, manual steering... it is different. Only thing thats changed is the trans, i was dumb and put in turbo350... mainly cause it was not a sync'd 1st gear and it was a pain to drive in traffic. Going back to it eventually.I drove a ‘68 Hemi Coronet with manual drum brakes once. The owner was in the car with me and he said ‘ Go on, floor it !’ Which I did. I then put my foot on the pedal to slow it down and THAT was an experience.
My Dad (who would be 94 now) always drove an AT with two feet. I often do since he taught me. I think it's an old-time thing, sure not what they taught in Driver's Training in the 70s. But it's quicker to the brake from the gas, and you can trail-brake if you are really getting after it on a curvy road. That's pretty fun. (I will even left-foot a stick-shift car in those conditions, where I know I am going to stay in one gear and not shift. Gas right, brake left. Borrow some rear grip with the brakes, ease back on the gas while trailing the brakes, then flat foot the gas as you release the brakes. Smooth as silk. It's a hell of a lot of fun in an old Fox body with a Maximum Motorsports suspension and four-wheel disc brakes.
I have always driven two foot.In a non traffic situation my foot is on the dead pedal. In a traffic situation my left foot slides over to the pedal resting on my heel.It doesn’t ride on the pedal so my brakes do not wear out quicker, nor are my brake lights always on.It’s second nature to me to do this.My brother was a cop, he taught me to do this, that’s how cops drive.
