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Why does my friend struggle to left-foot brake in his wife's Skoda Yeti DSG?
I have a friend who, having spent the 1970s in the USA, has always driven with two feet. He does this today with his Nissan Micra. His wife has recently purchased a Skoda Yeti DSG and he says that it confuses the hell out of it if he drives it with two feet. This isn't to say that he doesn't enjoy driving it, which he does.
Asked on 2 October 2010 by PM, via email
Answered by
Honest John
VAG automatics insist you press the brake pedal before you can move the lever from N to D. They also have an arrangement that cuts power if the ECU thinks the brakes are on. The trouble is, whether you drive two footed or one footed, there can be a delay that lets the car out into a junction on the fuel already in the engine, then shuts it off mid-junction for a second or so until the system realises you are no longer braking. Very dangerous, because it's spasmodic and unpredictable, so takes a driver by surprise.
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