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[psychnurse]

Right... I feel a bit of a burke here! I will be getting in one weeks time (and cannot wait!!) a mig estate 2.0 auto. However.... How the effing hell do I drive it?  

Do you have to start in neutral? or can you start in d. I take it d is 'normal'. And do you have to press in the wee 'button' on side of stick to change the position?

Feel a wally... but gotta ask

[cbs2]

Always starts/stops in park m8.Lift the trigger with your foot on the brake to select rev, drive etc

[psychnurse]

Very sorry... put in wrong section! Could a mod/admin move please.  

[psychnurse]

Always starts/stops in park m8.Lift the trigger with your foot on the brake to select rev, drive etc

So whats the 'N' for?  

[TheBoy]

Start in P.

Foot on brake, move to D or R as needed.

In a gear, the car will 'creep' without foot on brake, you can use this creep on hills etc.  Sometimes you may need to coordinate feet on steeper hill.

As for parking, 2 schools of thought - 1 foot or 2 feet, with 2 feet being constantly holding a small amount of gas, whilst controlling speed on brake, reason being that the engine may surge a little whilst trying to creep back a few inches, resulting in dents!

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Right... I feel a bit of a burke here! I will be getting in one weeks time (and cannot wait!!) a mig estate 2.0 auto. However.... How the effing hell do I drive it?  

Do you have to start in neutral? or can you start in d. I take it d is 'normal'. And do you have to press in the wee 'button' on side of stick to change the position?

Feel a wally... but gotta ask

Yes. Start the engine in P for park. Put right foot on the brake pull lever into D for drive pulling at the collar of the gear stick. Then you will have all forward gears.

I think you're referring to the sport button on the top of the gear lever. Use this and it hangs on to the gears a little longer, and kicks down more readily.

On my 3.2 auto at about 55 MPH in kick down it will change into 2nd and hold it up to 80 or so.

There is a snowflake icon on the left hand side of the gear stick. This starts the car off in 3rd gear to aid traction in bad weather

[TheBoy]

Always starts/stops in park m8.Lift the trigger with your foot on the brake to select rev, drive etc

So whats the 'N' for?  

If waiting for a while in traffic, you may decide to apply handbrake and use N as per manual

[JueV6]

Right... I feel a bit of a burke here! I will be getting in one weeks time (and cannot wait!!) a mig estate 2.0 auto. However.... How the effing hell do I drive it?  

Do you have to start in neutral? or can you start in d. I take it d is 'normal'. And do you have to press in the wee 'button' on side of stick to change the position?

Feel a wally... but gotta ask

Yes. Start the engine in P for park. Put right foot on the brake pull lever into D for drive pulling at the collar of the gear stick. Then you will have all forward gears.

I think you're referring to the sport button on the top of the gear lever. Use this and it hangs on to the gears a little longer, and kicks down more readily.

On my 3.2 auto at about 55 MPH in kick down it will change into 2nd and hold it up to 80 or so.

There is a snowflake icon on the left hand side of the gear stick. This starts the car off in 3rd gear to aid traction in bad weather

And the fuel gauge drops very quickly

But it's fun all the same

[Andy B]

Always starts/stops in park m8.Lift the trigger with your foot on the brake to select rev, drive etc

So whats the 'N' for?  

Not much! If you had to stop for more than a minute or so, eg long traffic jam, you might want to put the hand brake on & put it in neutral to stop the g/box from heating up unneccessarily - or you could just put it back in Park.
Other gearbox positions are used as you might use a manual, to slow the car down going down a long hill etc
Keep your left foot out of the way to start with until you get the hang of it or you'll be dipping the clutch & hitting the big brake pedal instead!
You'll get the hang of it.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

dont use the hand brake as much as on a manual.The creep of the car in drive will hold it quite steep inclines

[TheBoy]

dont use the hand brake as much as on a manual.The creep of the car in drive will hold it quite steep inclines

Remember to use handbrake every time you park with an auto - the temptation is not to bother - else it becomes very expensive come MOT time

[psychnurse]

Thanks for all the advice guys.   Must say Im bricking it a bit! Just going to be so strange for me not to use the left foot, but I sometimes wish the elite was an auto. With such a beast of an engine to change gear seems to be an unessacery evil sometimes! Although when overtaking is quite nice  

[VXL V6]

Thanks for all the advice guys.   Must say Im bricking it a bit! Just going to be so strange for me not to use the left foot, but I sometimes wish the elite was an auto. With such a beast of an engine to change gear seems to be an unessacery evil sometimes! Although when overtaking is quite nice  

I've always driven auto's with right foot for throttle and left foot for brake....

However, I don't suggest you do that until you've practised with no one behind you a number of times to get some sensitivity in your left foot!!!

[psychnurse]

Thanks for all the advice guys.   Must say Im bricking it a bit! Just going to be so strange for me not to use the left foot, but I sometimes wish the elite was an auto. With such a beast of an engine to change gear seems to be an unessacery evil sometimes! Although when overtaking is quite nice  

I've always driven auto's with right foot for throttle and left foot for brake....

However, I don't suggest you do that until you've practised with no one behind you a number of times to get some sensitivity in your left foot!!!

Deffo! Think I will be a right footer for as long as I can help it. Looking forward to driving an auto if a little scared  

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

More modern autos now come with 6 or 7 speed boxes.Thesr fill in any gaps in the power curve. Kick down at 40 mph or so and youhave towait alittle while until the engine comes on cam in second gear.The old XJ12 Jags only had 3 speeds and even an engine that torqueycould not mask the gaps.