Left foot braking

[landmannnn]

Do you brake with your left or right foot?

If like me you have been brought up on manual, there are some advantages to left foot braking....

- if your stop/start has turned off, a dab on the accelerator with your foot on the brake will restart - quite useful in heavy traffic

- you can get a quicker move off the line by revving it up and then releasing the brake

- Likewise you can make a bit more progress on twisty roads by getting back on the power a bit earlier

- off road a certain amount of left foot braking helps control your speed.

 

[MurphyMurph]

I switch back and forth depending on what the type of driving. Definitely helps during off road driving. There is a minor hill hold feature so you should need to left foot brake when starting on a hill.

If I remember, I always turn off the auto start/stop feature. It’s bad for the engine and annoying in general. I forgot yesterday on my drive home and the only time it activated was when I pulled into my garage. Before I put it in park, the engine turned off. When the transmission shifted to park (about 1 second later) the engine fired back up before I could turn the key off. Useless!

 

[Tom109]

Never. Even with manual.

 

[CountyV8]

Please don't load the torque converter to stall as the fluid temperature rises sharply and can/will damage it. Talking about seconds here.

 

[MattA]

Left foot braking is a absolute must when 4wding hard terrain with open diffs and no or next to no TC , even with good TC it can be very beneficial with the right terrain and technique
It also helps balances car when spirited driving and some fun is being had.
On fast outback dirt roads it is also useful for loading and unloading the front suspension when encountering dips and undulations

 

[Tazzieman]

A throttle controller will help responsiveness in different situation immensely.

 

[NQ94]

In an auto, right foot normally and occasionally left foot for slow work off road, unless in machinery that has an inching pedal or stall testing transmissions, we do a lot of stall tests for work. A lot of automatic trucks and buses it is awkward to left foot brake because of the steering column.

 

[anand]

On road, I almost never left foot brake.

Off road, I almost always left foot brake and for any obstacles, drive through the brake to not only make it smooth but also increase traction

 

[pmatusov]

Never. Even with manual.

Nearly always. With any gearbox.
Fortunately, "proper" off-road vehicles with auto boxes are tolerant of left-foot braking.

 

[DaveB]

Do you brake with your left or right foot?

If like me you have been brought up on manual, there are some advantages to left foot braking....

- if your stop/start has turned off, a dab on the accelerator with your foot on the brake will restart - quite useful in heavy traffic

- you can get a quicker move off the line by revving it up and then releasing the brake

- Likewise you can make a bit more progress on twisty roads by getting back on the power a bit earlier

- off road a certain amount of left foot braking helps control your speed.

I remember an interview with a formula 1 driver who failed his road drivers license because he left foot braked.
I have done it on many turbo vehicles to spool up the turbo at rest.

 

[victrialmaster]

From my understanding, the INEOS will go into limp mode if you left foot brake in order to protect the torque converter box. So - no.

 

[Zimm]

auto's offroad LFB is the way to handle technical obstacles. I've never found a use with a standard.

 

[pmatusov]

From my understanding, the INEOS will go into limp mode if you left foot brake in order to protect the torque converter box. So - no.

It may depend on just how much of the left foot braking is done. It never happened to me.

 

[landmannnn]

I remember an interview with a formula 1 driver who failed his road drivers license because he left foot braked.
I have done it on many turbo vehicles to spool up the turbo at rest.

I remember having one of those SAAB turbos. Anything to keep that turbo spinning! You definitely didn't want to take the right foot off the throttle or the engine almost died.

 

[Zimm]

From my understanding, the INEOS will go into limp mode if you left foot brake in order to protect the torque converter box. So - no.

WTF, exactly how much breaking and gassing is going on here? All you're doing is controlling wheel spin and I doubt you're doing much more than traction control would do. You're not keeping it at 3000rmp for fucks sake.

 

[DaveB]

WTF, exactly how much breaking and gassing is going on here? All you're doing is controlling wheel spin and I doubt you're doing much more than traction control would do. You're not keeping it at 3000rmp for fucks sake.

Clearly you have never been in a traffic light derby!!!

 

[MattA]

Clearly you have never been in a traffic light derby!!!

I’ve driven a 600hp 350 chev with a 2500 high stall kit in a full manual power glide that you could stall up to 3000rpm then either launch you off the line or leave 2 big licorice sticks 300 feet up the road.
Not sure a IG is the same category though but boy it was fun

 

[DaveB]

I’ve driven a 600hp 350 chev with a 2500 high stall kit in a full manual power glide that you could stall up to 3000rpm then either launch you off the line or leave 2 big licorice sticks 300 feet up the road.
Not sure a IG is the same category though but boy it was fun

I had a guy pull up next to me in a new Landcruiser Prado a couple of weeks ago.
I was in the left hand lane which ends about 300 metres away and the speed limit goes from 60-100 KMH
I was happy, listening to music and singing beautifully (badly??) when he made derogatory remarks about the Grenadier, my intelligence and my parents marital status.
I can assure you that a diesel Grenadier will smoke a Prado easily when driven by a dumb bastard.

 

[ECrider]

I had a guy pull up next to me in a new Landcruiser Prado a couple of weeks ago.
I was in the left hand lane which ends about 300 metres away and the speed limit goes from 60-100 KMH
I was happy, listening to music and singing beautifully (badly??) when he made derogatory remarks about the Grenadier, my intelligence and my parents marital status.
I can assure you that a diesel Grenadier will smoke a Prado easily when driven by a dumb bastard.

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