Question: What is fine art of driving a automatic?

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: The Stigenator
Well I was thinking about it tonight when I took my dads car to work (I am at work putting in late hours). His car is stick and I find I downshift when I come to a light even if its a distance away, that way not hitting the brakes.
On the auto i would coast until the end and then brake. Instead of lightly riding the brakes (never good).

As you know I did go through a set of rear brake pads on my car. So that got me thinking.

Do you mean that you put it in neutral when you approach a light? I don't see any reason why you would want to do that quite honestly. There is absolutely zero benefit to any parts on your car.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: slugg

Originally posted by: dud
I drive both transmissions on a daily basis. The "fine art" of driving an automatic is your ability to not fall asleep (while driving said automatic).

I drive only automatic. I agree with this statement.

No joke, at the end of the day, I only have to go 10 miles but I have to fight falling asleep.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: herm0016
After you drive an auto for a while you can anticipate every shift and use the throttle to control the pressure in the valve body to make it up or down shift when you want it to. Not sure if that's what the guy is talking about, but i really don't think there is a wrong way to drive an auto, just ways you can control it more.

Pretty much.

 

[BlackTigers]

The only fun thing to do with an auto is to load up the torque converter and dump the brake pedal. =/

 

[bigpow]

brake is cheaper than trans.
I wouldn't force an auto to downshift at every traffic light just to save the brake