Is it bad practice to have your foot covering the clutch?

So is driving with one's legs crossed. Some cars are so comfortable, it's like being in your armchair. Hence left foot accelerating and right foot braking. Now there's the test of a Real Driver.

Yes it is bad practice and its a habit I have never really managed to kick since my learning days 17 years ago.

If you don't actually ride the clutch then its not mechanically damaging but not 'best practice'

MattF

So not very much nor very far.

? I've just tried putting my foot on what I take is

I put mine on the floor...

You did.

It is on something modern which usually involves subframe removal and

Just did my first focus clutch, 6 hours, I reckon the next will be sub 5

I remember the first time I tried left foot braking - nearly skidded as my left leg just pressed down hard as it would on the clutch!

So how does the annual mileage make a difference ? I recall having one clutch changed and have driven several cars to between 100-150,000 miles.

Fortunately that does not make it compulsory for all of us.

Perhaps, or maybe it was just a crap bearing.

I reckon I can afford 5 hours labour, once ever 50 years, if the alternative is having to keep waving my leg about. Sad to say, I doubt the bill will ever materialise.

Nah the real test is the numpty from the states who bought a new motorhome and taking it on the freeway set the cruise control then nipped in the back to make a cuppa..lol

Shame its not true...

In message , David Hearn writes

Ouch! Only the right foot should be used for the brake!

In message , Duncan Wood writes

:-) On a rally-experience course we were taught to use the hand brake to start a slide, not the foot brake.

In message , Mark W writes

I briefly drove a 1923 Fiat belonging to a mate while he was learning to drive in it! That had reversed pedals, and a gear shift which came up through the floor. No syncromesh of course, but it had a bloody good klaxon horn. :-)

I had the misfortune to drive a fiat cinquecento the other day! Not advisable with size 12 workboots on lol, hit the brake & accelerator at the same time, then went to indicate & the farty little stalks are so close together ended up indicating & putting full beam on. Jeez it was like driving a greenhouse & felt so unprotected!