Nearly ran over a couple cars today while driving a rental F-150 4dr!

 

x10

I am sorely disappointed (and my passengers are thoroughly frightened) when I take a corner or turn too aggressively. I mean, in the S it's just fine and perfectly capable, but in any other car it's squealing tires and body roll galore.

I've done a lot of goofy stuff, stuff we've all mentioned:
-stomp on non-existent clutch (usually I step down on the left side of the AT brake pedal)
-switch key to ON position, then proceed to fumble around for non-existent start button
-flick my left hand up and down while holding onto steering wheel when I haplessly try to turn the radio volume up or down

 

trying to take my avalon in a corner at 40 mph, then realized im not in my S so i have to brake

 

i do the volume control finger reachy thing and of course i step on the non existant clutch and just end up pushing hard on the floor, but thats about it.

 

Afew things:
Try to shift my other 5 sp. vehicles to 6th
Radio controls
Waving at other S2000 owners when I'm not in my S & wonder why they don't wave back.

 

Other car is a Civic 5 speed - catch myself trying to shift to 6th on occasion. Also the first few times I take off from a standstill I have to remind myself the clutch is NOT going out and adjust so as not to stall - just need to recalibrate the gas foot to the clutch foot.

 

Breaking late and reaching for the shifter when I drive the truck.

 

Def that and I'm always looking for that start button and 6th gear when I'm driving my friend's Integra. He also accuses me of keeping the revs too high always saying "This isn't the S you don't need to be above 5k all the time" hehe

And I think everyone has slammed on the brakes or dented the floorpan with their foot looking for that imaginary clutch in an auto car....hahaha

 

This happened when I was driving my friend's GTI: I wanted to back into a parking spot. The shifter's throw was too long that I didn't even know what gear I was in; I shifted into 6th instead of R -- reverse is on the top left corner, instead of bottom right -- and almost stalled the car.

 

i drive my beater most of the time and i really don't need clutch to change gears. sometimes i forget that i am in s2k and almost pulled it out and it was stuck and i was like wtf? oh yeah the clutch.