(September 28, 2018 at 8:44 am)Kit Wrote:(September 28, 2018 at 8:43 am)Mathilda Wrote: So how do you drop to a lower gear when you want to accelerate faster? Or to save on your brakes when going down a long mountain slope? Or a higher gear when driving on snow and ice? Sounds a bit rubbish to me.
You have the gas pedal, faster, and the break pedal, slower, on the floor by your feet. Dur.
So do manuals.
Manuals also only have one stick for forward and reverse and all the other gears. But you get more control than just using the pedal.