XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-13 06:13, c186282 wrote:   
   > On 12/12/25 06:29, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >> On 11/12/2025 21:28, 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 am running on a manual courtesy car at the moment and the pedals are   
   >> so closely spaced I tend to hit all three at once.   
   >   
   >   
   >    Old MG Midget ?  :-)   
   >   
   >    A girl next door had one ... she always drove it   
   >    with her shoes off so she could FEEL the pedals   
   >    properly.   
   >   
   >    Road devil, you didn't want to ride with her. Or   
   >    behind her. Or beside her. Or same road ...   :-)   
   >   
   >    Hmm ... an outfit I knew had a mid 50s International   
   >    Harvester pickup. You'd like that. Ridiculously   
   >    over-built, massive frame. 4-speed, shiftable   
   >    differential, v8, 4wd. They'd rigged it as a tow truck.   
   >    With the diff in low and 1st gear speed was about   
   >    10mph at full throttle. Once they tried to pull a   
   >    tractor out of a muddy ditch - it broke the tractor   
   >    in half ... they had photos. The pedals were NOT   
   >    too close to each other.   
      
   I have seen photos of such a breakage, dunno if actually the same one.   
      
   >   
   >    They did eventually sell it ... couldn't get parts   
   >    any more alas ......   
   >   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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