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Originally Posted by stevej37

I haven't owned an auto tranny for at least 30 years now.
It's a natural feeling to 'go thru the gears'. When I get in an auto tranny, I find myself trying to push the clutch in when stopping.

My daily driver in HS was a V-8 car with a 4spd. When I went to my Jr prom, we drove my girlfriends Nissan Pulsar with an auto. At one point, I wanted to go faster (not really possible in the Pulsar) so I "pushed the clutch in" to downshift, except that pushing the clutch in on her little auto car meant that I tried to mash the brake pedal to the floor. Fortunately, my teenage reflexes were adequate to immediately let up. It was still the ultimate brake check, and quite the surprise for both of us.