XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-11 22:28, rbowman wrote:   
   > On Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:11:00 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   >> The next car my father bought, a Peugeot 205, was the first we had with   
   >> hydraulic clutch, same reservoir as the brakes. Bought maybe 1984. I   
   >> remember the first time I drove it, my father warned me the brakes were   
   >> brutal. Yet I was surprised by them, the car stopped brutally. Vacuum   
   >> servo-assist.   
   >   
   > I don't think they do it as much anymore but automatic transmission cars   
   > used to have very wide brake pedals, presumably to allow for braking with   
   > your left foot. Brutal was when your manual transmission muscle memory   
   > kicked in, you attempted to hit the clutch pedal, and got the brake   
   > instead.   
      
   I never drove an automatic car.   
      
   I guess my left leg kicks differently than my right, because the pedals   
   have different feeling, specially when the brake was not assisted and I   
   had to push really hard (decades ago).   
      
   Steering was also an exercise. No servo. Cars were lighter, though. Not   
   over a ton.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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