XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 16/12/2025 03:24, c186282 wrote:   
   > On 12/15/25 07:01, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >> On 12/12/2025 8:28 am, 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.   
   >>   
   >> Naughty! Naughty!! ;-P   
   >>   
   >>> Brutal was when your manual transmission muscle memory kicked in, you   
   >>> attempted to hit the clutch pedal, and got the brake instead.   
   >   
   >   
   >    "Brutal" is mis-shifting a big old truck   
   >    with a non-sync transmission  :-)   
   >   
   >   
   Just do it slow.   
      
      
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