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This week on the Car Throttle Podcast, we're joined by DannyDC2 to discuss the dangers of left-foot braking and what to do if you lock yourself in your own car.
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[@milolll]

26:30 the start of left-foot braking.

[@RollingShutter]

thanks

[@af252]

You’re a godsend thanks!

[@akshaypatel3998]

thankyouuu

[@MtnNerd]

Thank you

[@zoulax3274]

Love you

[@dannyDC2]

Speaks some sense that northerner I reckon he’s a good driver too

[@Dino-oj2pr]

He doesnt deserve to be here.... jk danny youre an awesome guy

[@VelEire_]

Some rate good sense, dunt seem right, Someone sensible sat with them southern lot

[@TheG60528XiJinPing]

Funny how you guys in the UK have such different cultures from north to south even though it's smaller than a single state.

[@Dino-oj2pr]

@@TheG60528XiJinPing I bet every country has different cultures in north and south. In Balkan countries too.

[@TheG60528XiJinPing]

@@Dino-oj2pr yeah, just as an American is weird to think how different people can be in such close proximity. 👍

[@Blackhawkso]

Timestamps 0:00 - Start 0:05 - Intro 0:30 - Guest welcome 0:47 - Sponsor spot 1:21 - What have we been up to? 1:22 - Danny 5:28 - Alex 8:18 - Jack 11:14 - Ethan 14:31 - Ethan's section 19:41 - Grands my gears - Cyclists - John 25:35 - Car Story - Left foot braking - Ian 34:15 - Grand my gears - Adaptive cruise control - Tim 43:06 - Question - Dream car garage - Jason 49:32 - Car advice - £3000 Road trip car - Sam 53:45 - Car Story - Locked inside the car - David 1:07:16 - Wrapup

[@Ballz7o]

Legend

[@Iby1008l]

Thank you!!!

[@thischarmingman2990]

Hi 👋 it’s my son who wants a ride with him for the weekend so 😊booked him up 🔝 for his boro match at his best friend in England

[@thischarmingman2990]

Hi 👋 it’s my son who wants

[@ericokompatzki7110]

Nice take on the jingle. Please, next week make it "unpopuläre Meinungen" and do a different language every episode haha

[@losslessification]

Danny DC twice, its almost as if he never left.

[@VelEire_]

Danny Dc 2 for 1

[@arnie1204]

He's boring 🙄

[@jackgodfrey7792]

@@arnie1204 it’s hard being wrong but someone needs to be

[@futte2303]

They record 2 podcast in one day

[@VelEire_]

Always dis

[@ryannorris4143]

Danny DC2 needs to be on here permanent 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@BobMonkeypimp]

I only have a left foot. I'm an amputee so I drive a dual-clutch with the accelerator pedal adapted to the left. I should add, I always drove 3 pedals until I lost my leg. Took 1 lesson in an adapted car & had it sussed in 20 minutes. I had planned more lessons but didn't need them. My real fear was going to push the 'clutch' to the floor & realising it's actually the accelerator. That would be a disaster! Luckily/thankfully, that only happened once, in a virtually empty car park. That was when I first got the car.

[@geoffreygover-sharpe4642]

Someone should start a petition to get CT to buy the 330D back for Danny to break 8 minutes BTG with it...

[@thaz0292]

This has become part of my weekly routine: get home, eat, listen to the new CT podcast

[@Dino-oj2pr]

Same. Imagine if it was daily 😱😱😱

[@zacholiver5364]

I have literally done the same thing in washed food podcast 😂

[@RadiantDuck]

Same, it messes me right up when they miss a week.

[@mitchellmifflin4392]

Same, except im in school and my last period teacher is pretty chill, lets me listen to this while i work.

[@mikesmischief3649]

Been subbed to Danny for years, not been a loyal viewer since the E36 got flogged. However, I watched a video of his this week and he's funny as f*** without even trying

[@harrycurtis2087]

As a cyclist i treat standing traffic like a motorbike and would be down the centre of the road then when seeing stalled traffic would signal and sit back in. While moving in traffic i would never undertake on the bike. I would stay behind the car in front. Motorists need to also remember the amount of potholes and drains on the left of the road which is the reasoning for allowing more room as we are easily able to crash if we hit a big pot hole.

[@cliffcrabtree4359]

Smashing a car window. Use a headrest, they have points designed into them to break the glass in an emergency.

[@relvao]

"Alex: get back on the carbs.." a lost opportunity for an EFI joke

[@1990Redline]

You should, and that's exactly how I learned it! Same as heal toe shifting and double clutching. Practice it everyday when no one's behind, learn how to drive smooth and carry speed instead of jerking around like most ppl. Makes you a lot of a better driver. Just don't do it when other cars are around and you're good.

[@LordClunk]

I got locked into my mk3 astra when I went out one morning, got in the car, turned the key and the car deadlocked. The battery was flat. The kids had a habit of turning on the interior lights in the back, and I often didn't notice. I managed to get the passenger window down by repeatedly turning on and off the ignition while holding the button down. The neighbour sat there staring at me like I was a moron.

[@tom5001]

Good to see Danny dc2 back again

[@aaronchapman1306]

Love to know when cheap car challenges are returning

[@sharnley97gaming38]

Tomorrow :)

[@ryanrichardson9044]

The bottom of headrest the metal point is made for smashing glass works well .

[@BobMonkeypimp]

Genius! Well thought out there. My seats don't have a seperate headrest though, all in one sports seats. I guess I'm screwed if I need to break a window. 😀

[@Techtiqal]

Need more CT DDC2 collaboration Sack Gareth off, there needs to be a northerner on the team to speak some sense🤣

[@anilkumarbr]

Guys, please get back 2 Guys 1 Car. We miss it so very much. By the way, love the podcasts.

[@DashCamSerbia]

+1

[@BobMonkeypimp]

+72.3

[@TomNYXL]

The first time I test drove an automatic, I left foot braked (forgetting there was no clutch) and nearly shat myself... Luckily the road was empty!

[@pigeonpoo1823]

I crashed my sister's best friend's mum's car. Cavalier auto.... With a sport button on the gear lever. Bye bye student loan for that year

[@vlad_i_mir5920]

I crashed my mother’s sister’s cousin’s neighbour’s doughter’s nephew’s father in law’s scooter 🛴.

[@pigeonpoo1823]

@@vlad_i_mir5920 I wish I was bright enough to solve that riddle. It was yours?

[@adamqurabi65]

Monday= Podcast day! Cheers guys!

[@firstnamelastname6853]

Those singer porsches are exquisit indeed probably as part of anybodys dream garage really.

[@danieldoran199]

You should get a £1k shed and modify to try get it around the ring in under 8 minutes with a northerner at the helm.... Danny should do

[@veemacks7255]

"borrowed a McLaren MC12-4c" ... that famous McLaren mash-up where they welded a Maserati MC12 to an Alfa Romeo 4c and shoved a McLaren badge on it :-)

[@WhuDhat]

Naw bruv it's the comfort pack instead of performance

[@jaystokes7700]

Omg thank god someone said it😂 that’s why I was looking through the comments to see if anyone else noticed 😂

[@dominichadley2712]

Car without an Engine: *Cuts a hole under the seat for your legs to move the car with* XD

[@mikeyBIA]

A cyclist twatted my wing mirror and had a go at me when I was stopped at lights. I left probably 1 metre (although I wasn't aware of the cyclist that was coming up behind me as he must of been nearly a mile back as I was stopped at the lights for a long time). I really detest when they go past all the traffic stopped at the lights and then slowly set-off in the middle of the road super slow. Arse holes.

[@jadedrac0]

I learned to left foot brake on my driving simulator. Being able to finesse the gas and break pedals in a corner makes transferring the weight and cornering a breeze.

[@odfkjdhgovj]

Another DannyDC2 episode?? We are spoiled here 🙏🏼 eyup bastard

[@lmaoroflcopter]

Haha... I tried this after a mate did it and told me about it. I went into it knowingly and tried making my foot do it ever so softly, then practically bit the steering wheel.

[@cjp6527]

Great podcast as ever and great to have Danny on as well. We all love Gareth, but at the same time nice to have a guest on. With regards to shout outs to other KZbin channel's, how about Joe Achilles. He loves his BMW's so I'm sure you'll have a lot in common. Stay safe...🎩

[@TheBlondBoyBandit]

In Switzerland, the first 3 cars at a red light are advised to move to the right (left for you) if you are going to take a turn to that side so no bicycles can get next to you.

[@dasfabelwesen]

The emergency break feature is great. When you do high speeds it is not always easy to see how fast the car in front of you is breaking. That helps especially to show the car behind you to break earlier and avoid accidents even if the car in front of you breaks very hard.

[@philiddy]

Uncanny but i had to pull over as Danny must of been commentating on what I was doing, genuinely out in my 330cd auto learning how to left foot brake around some lanes. + in the wet = butt clenching moments 👌

[@darrenwilson8042]

Alex being joy ridden..........thats an image I can't unimagine

[@michaelrojas3891]

I actually thought left foot braking was normal when I first drove a car and then developed the normal pedal method. I already regret losing that habit

[@joshuarosen6242]

I think DannyDC2's dry humour is a great addition to the podcast.

[@vanoscrap6296]

Danny, talk to the BOM guys, they'll figure out how to read through those "strict rules" ;)

[@mistreku]

Some of you never really drove old carbureted shitboxes that wouldn't hold an idle, and that shows. (regarding left foot braking)

[@BobMonkeypimp]

I think a lot of people here wouldn't even know what a choke is.

[@matt_pick]

What about other restomods like the Cyan Racing P1800 or Alfaholics GTA for your dream garage? Or some more classic cars like a datsun 240z or E30 M3?

[@Maro2196]

I remember when I was first time try to do it. I almost left my teeth on dashboard 😂😂😂

[@kieranmz4614]

Fun times. I forgot my foot was covering the brake instead of the clutch and went for a fast upshift. Luckily no one was behind.

[@marcelmotorzoneza9626]

Finally someone with an Mr2 on car throttle. So happy, Sincerely, another MR2 owner

[@AmBiTiOusXI]

Loved hearing from Danny but I miss Gareth and need a bit of Gareth in my life next Monday

[@paulb4uk]

Always practice in a hire car never break your own shit .

[@thebigmacmoomin]

I tried left foot braking once on a quiet road ..... nearly went through the windscreen. You tend to just put your foot down on the clutch with no finesse but use the right foot carefully on the brake. Also with a manual car and left foot braking, you need a 3rd foot to use the clutch. Never trying that again. Even in my old E46 M3 SMG, i still right foot braked and left the left foot on the foot rest all the time.

[@AKAMustang]

Best guest since last week.

[@danevans3333]

My stance on what makes a car: whatever the absolute basic things are to make it so you can sit in it and drive it. It needs one drivers seat, a wheel, throttle, brakes, brake pedal and engine/electric motor which puts power to the wheels, and it needs to be on a chassis ofc. But that's all it needs. So long as it can move under its own steam and be operated, it is a car

[@stevenhoward7890]

Alex the Delica is a shout, my parents had a super exceed model when I was younger, it was an absolute unit.

[@ashleyhamman]

I've only driven automatics as of yet but started doing left foot braking pretty early on since I think it's too easy to mix up whether my foot is on gas or brake. My parents noticed pretty quickly how my response time and general smoothness improved dramatically. I hope this doesn't end up being terrible for me whenever I get a manual.

[@ZacsDashcam]

yes lads another one with Dan!

[@rhysblaney3121]

Also, with regards to getting out of a locked car, the headrests have pointy bottoms which are specifically designed to smash glass. The seatbelt buckle should work but it isn't ideal.

[@twowheelvalle]

Yeah, a new podcast from CarThrottle, which I will need a week to hear from start to finish. 😂

[@simonwilliams7497]

I was a taxi driver, was driving a group of lads in to the city center, and one of them asked me have I ever tried left foot breaking.... yes, we nearly crashed and I had wiplash and had to go home.

[@safsafassd]

:) On a VW Transporter (21 plate) I rented to pick up a 2.5 Volvo engine for my Focus ST the adaptive cruice control distance can be adjusted and also the Transporter also accelerate as soon as I changed lane. It's quite good.

[@MrSteveBertone]

Car key and some thing to hit it with, press the point of the key against the window and whack it with your shoe or anything heavy depending what’s inside. Any small sharp impact will shatter the glass.. tested various methods in a local scrap yard, the best thing to have in any car is a sprung Centre punch, just press it against the glass and it’ll shatter. You can also get a “fireman’s hammer” the small sharp pointed ones (you find on buses etc) they’ll do the trick

[@bradleyhayes2373]

I hated the auto brake feature on my Kia ceed it was a awful system it would slam on for going round islands on the estates thinking I was going to crash into them it aslo slammed on on the motorway if people cut you up or just randomly sometimes but wouldn't release the brake until it came to a stop witch is incredibly dangerous on the motorway at motorway speeds

[@BobMonkeypimp]

Wouldn't worry, it's not much better on my Mercedes. Not as sensitive as your Kia sounds but I have to give cars that are turning off the road some distance or it will absolutely hoof the brakes on. I would say it's a ridiculous feature but the pre-alert did save my skin once when I honestly wasn't paying attention.

[@DjRobEntertainment]

If I'm working on any car I always have the drivers window lowered in case it deadlocks

[@Onewheelordeal]

Rewatching cuz we didn't get another this Monday

[@saxonthomas7422]

Man Iv been walking past the same Chevy Camaro watching it deteriorate over the last 10 years, spoken to the owner and its got no engine and it's like a half complete project but it's so peak had many dreams of that car over the years ngl now it's starting to cover with rust just deep

[@actiniums]

I'll find some time between my many, many uni deadlines to try and update the spreadsheet. Glad you agree with the ones mentioned though!

[@patrickmartin3322]

The only adaptive cruise control system I’ve ever used (in a 2017 Chrysler Pacifica) leaves like a 1/2 a car length gap on the smallest setting.

[@brianspenst1374]

5 million dream garage? I agree, I would end up with a couple nice cars and a whole field of crappy $500 to $2000 cars.

[@joedowle5225]

Love the podcasts! Please do more 2 guys 1 car also!

[@DashCamSerbia]

+1

[@Theaveragenerd2000]

If cycling on the pavement I tend to stick to jogging speed at most. If one of those granny scooters can go that speed on the path then so can I right?

[@BobMonkeypimp]

I've never seen a problem with cyclists on the pavement. As long as they aren't riding dangerously & are giving way to pedestrians then what's the problem? It's the f**kers riding 2 or 3 abreast, blocking the road that's the problem.

[@typhoon-7]

When I drive an auto I always left foot brake. Always have, made sense years ago and feels right still.

[@alexfrancis7509]

Can you get Gareth and danny together on the podcast think that be a right laugh if not could you alternate weeks between the two love the podcast keep up the good work lads

[@hippopotamus86]

The Tesla wasn't self driving at the time apparently. The road had no lane lines and so wouldn't even have been able to be enabled.

[@Barker232]

Ethan made me cry with laughter "Every week it's the same shit" It's not a Car Throttle podcast if there isn't a full on conversation on BMW's

[@AndyxPandy]

The most safe way to pass a cyslist is to bang it off the limiter in 1st just to let them know you're passing

[@BobMonkeypimp]

2nd or 3rd. 1st is too slow. Then again, I do have 8 gears.

[@Xfd960]

A diesel estate, with a lot of power, big enough to sleep in, c270 cdi, all day long

[@MikeJ19969]

Renaults adaptive cruise control on the newest clio and captur is brilliant! Keeps a decent but not to far away gap on the motorway

[@Nader230]

Gents, can you please update the podcast playlist as soon as a new podcast is uploaded? Or at least put a podcast number in the title? Would certainly make it easier for me to listen chronologically instead of having to search. Thanks and keep it up!

[@nigelthelegend]

Lane assist is like fighting for power! 😂😂😂😂😩😩😩😩

[@rj.reliable]

Most cars I have had with adaptive cruise control you are able to adjust the "chevron" distance but it will push me back if someone jumps In but agree it still requires you to be alert

[@AMigosJJM]

I did exactly the same thing, luckily there was no one behind me and luckily I realised what I did before I came to a complete stop 😂

[@SPGM1903]

I practice left foot braking and at my point it's not that hard to learn. Especially when driving automatic. But on manual - only in cornering in front wheel drive. And I think it works fine, unless I remember which kind of traction do I drive. Yes, everyone has to meet on a windshield at least once - just to remember :P But no matter how hard you step on brake, it's no t even close to bus' pneumatic drum brakes :P BUT - left foot braking saved my ass so many times in cornering or fast changing directions. For example: in march '17 sudden cloud arrived and send to ground a few centimeters of fresh slippery snow. Imagine those sunday drivers - driving slow, some of them being outed to the shoulder of the road. And a few guys that drive cars for money and know hot to do it. Anyway, I wish someday to have enough money to be at least once on Nurburburgring as a driver. At least once. Not only test abilities on RF2, GT6 or beamng (sticky bois, those barriers)...

[@chetgoodenough8749]

In lacrosse wisconsin we have a paved brick lane threw the whole county. and yet bickers still ride on the road for cars

[@hjanssen9551]

haha literally tried left foot braking the day after i passed my driving license, completely brake checked the car behind 100 meters before the traffic light

[@clairemarie4621]

Jack, it sounds like your Saab is in limp mode, reduced power, needs sorting 👍

[@limpshady1113]

I practiced left foot braking in a 01 dodge ram slt with a 318, also another 318 but single cab and a 360 4wd ram all on public roads, not really any reason why I learned it other than wanting to do it, now that I have a FF layout car I actually have a purpose to left foot brake now 😂

[@exoticsenior636]

i've tried left foot braking for the first time on a public road.. i almost crashed into the car behind me, once i felt that i was braking, my brain said to press down my left foot to engadge the clutch, but... it was on the brake so, i was braking even harder lol. well, nothing happends, just got a close call :P

[@worldwise8939]

Less involved with the art of driving, explained most SUV drivers

[@meister_harris5623]

Another one?! Oh how lucky we are!!🤙

[@WarriorRazor]

Emergency stop is dangerous! Couple of vans at work have it and you can't even let off the accelerator when someone in front of you is turning as if the sensor detects you getting too close to the vehicle, even though it's now out of the road and in a parking space, it just beeps and slams on. Stupid and dangerous, all additional driving aids are dangerous, they just make people worse drivers.

[@grezza112]

See I’m still trying to get the control with left foot breaking. My wife however, having only ever driven a manual, got in my car which is auto and was just casually left foot breaking everywhere!! I asked her about it and her response was just “2 pedals, and I have 2 feet”. I am so jealous she literally just did it like it was nothing!!!!!

[@beesleyben]

Ethans mismatched socks, hahahaha

[@harrislondon]

My right leg cramped so I had to left foot brake to stop. Never done it before. I utterly shat myself as I put on way too much pressure it was basically an emergency stop I wasn't expecting

[@vlenhoff]

Good stuff.

[@przemoczat1]

Im not done with this pod yet, but I’ve checked out Dany’a channel and there is a Jazz with a bloody K24 swap. That’s something Ethan should look at!

[@Marco16642]

the first time I tried left foot braking apart from karts was in a radical sr8... wasn't ready for it took me about 30s seconds to regain my breathing habilities ahahah

[@namansingh7203]

Please do a series like project mx5 please

[@enragedares5992]

ETHAN !!!! wear matching socks you pumpkin !! Lol 😆 🤣

[@nicklylak]

Kudos to Ethan for wearing odd socks for mental health awareness week 🧦 👀

[@Me-zo8yc]

I'm with you Ethan...diesel BMWs...yawn! This isn't Fleet Manager Podcast

[@darkbassi5911]

You can easily turn the lane assist off on the bmw. Press the button on the dash with the car and a green circle around it. The options are in there 👍🏽. The lane assist is terrible on the bmw.

[@struggle1835]

First time I tried left foot breaking I found out I had a very heavy left foot

[@joecrancher2008]

Quality podcast as always, my favourite KZbin notofication to get these days 👍

[@K1NKYG4M3R]

I hope Ethan is using a better Octavia than the one I hired last week. They gave me a brand new one with 45 miles on the clock, and a 3 cylinder 1.0 petrol engine. It was PISH.

[@hugowillett4290]

good video, but its not the same without Gareth

[@RICHARD10195]

I can’t win, I cycle cars block me down the left, on my motorbike cars move to the right to block me filtering, I’m in the car and I’m stuck in traffic. Time for the helicopter licence...

[@BobMonkeypimp]

I always let motorcycles filter & I never impede their progress or fun. Some of those sports bikes are fast & if I can move to the left to help them pass, I will. However, I would mount the kerb (not literally but you get my point) to block a cyclist at a junction/lights. Most of the time they get past the cars, get to the front of the queue & then proceed to hold everyone up at 20mph for the next mile or so. My opinion is that if you're slower, you can wait at the back of the queue.