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On the subject of gear-shift indicators, I really hardly refer to mine, now. My car's an Audi and it seems very clear to me that the system's set primarily for economy. Following the recommendations gets me into too high gear too soon under general conditions, so the car doesn't feel stable as it's ...

Thanks for the welcome, folks. I'm very happy to acknowledge there's skill in driving an automatic - I just don't have it! The ones I've driven were BMW courtesy cars, around 1997-2002 and in those I could always feel the gear-change - but since I only had each of them for a single day and didn't se...

One key feature of good braking is the timing of it. Most people tend to brake too late and too suddenly, but it's also possible (as I learnt in a tutorial) to start too early so that the speed is lost too soon and you have to release the brake, go back on the drive and then brake again - silky-smoo...

Another new voice - and another IAM forum refugee. I joined the IAM in 1971 (does that make me 'old school', I wonder? I guess it depends what you mean by 'old' and by 'school'!) I got a bit concerned last November, with the big 70 approaching, that I might not be as sharp as I should be, so did an ...