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I’ve just ordered my first automatic car after having only owned and driven manual cars for 20 years. I live in an extremely hilly part of Wales and this video was incredibly informative as I’ve never driven an automatic before and it has answered all of my questions.
San Francisco also has its hills although by no means, even among cities in English-speaking parts of the world, is it alone. Toronto, the capital of Ontario, Canada, also has although I live in a part of the city that has only a handful of hills within reasonable walking distance of my residence.
It’s the best thing I did ! After getting stuck up a hill in the snow /Ice scared to move 🤣. I was fine for ages but hill anxiety is creeping back in . But the first part of that video “ it’s almost impossible to roll back in an auto was heaven ! .
This video has answered most of my questions. When I finally purchase an electric car in the next two years having only driven a manual the only question I have is if you are on a hill facing down and cars are parked close in front of you and behind you and you need to go forward and back to get out of the tight spot that would be a major worry for me in an automatic, whilst in a manual it is simple.
This the video I been looking for!!! I’m a new driver and my car got a small engine. It’s almost impossible not to roll back on every hill. This makes me panic a lot and messes up the rest of my driving cus I get so tensed. I hope I can drive confidently going forward as I’ll practice what I’ve just learnt here.
Either use the parking brake to hold the car until it is moving , or use both feet , holding the brake with your left foot until you have applied enough power to move off .
I passed 3 years ago in a manual, now drive automatic, it's just a nicer drive especially in a newer car, get in accelerate and break! I've let a few of my friends and family try it and they all love it aswell!
I've been driving manual for over 5 years now. It will be my first time driving an automatic video tomorrow morning. I will definitely follow the guidelines you have given me. Thank you in advance.
Love your videos. So informative. Resuming my automatic lessons after a 2 year lockdown break. Its always great to get a refresher course online. Thank you.
This is an excellent, informative video. Years ago, I had an old car that, in spite of having an automatic transmission, would roll backward if stopped on an uphill grade, and required a simultaneous use of the brake and accelerator for an instant. Once when I was invited to a colleague's home, I had to explain why I had to park in the street, because the car couldn't negotiate the steep grade of the driveway!
This channel has been so helpful with my driving also in passing my lesson a year ago for the first time, Thanks so much your channel is a life saver 🙌
There really is no point anymore tbh, fuel efficiency and performance has caught up, electric cars are gonna be auto only anyway, might as well get used to it now.
I've been driving manual for 5 years now and I still don't like doing hill starts or start stop traffic. Looking into buying a newish VW Polo with a DSG box as they are supposed to be some of the best auto transmissions for the price.
I've been driving for 20 years, but have never driven an automatic in all that time. I have a test drive of a new car tomorrow, and found this video when looking for tips. Thanks guys.
Not necessarily, not all automatic transmissions are super reliable if they’re worn. And say you have to stop on a hill then go again? The foot break and/or e brake method are good tips if your transmission isn’t brand new and you don’t have a car with “creep”.
@@melinda6086 all autos will move without you touching the accelerator cause IAC idle air control valve still allows air to pass by the throttle to keep the engine at idle and that’s still enough to move the car
been teaching manual since 2010 and now bought my first Auto car to teach in. i love how smooth my new car is for me and pupils plus no stalling and jolting and i massive win NO CLUTCH!!!. I have noticed my pupils getting after 2 hour lessons mpg of 100+ and avarage of 97.2mpg. i wont go full ev yet tho as i live in a flat and the range is to low for confort plus should not have to puplic charge at higher rate when other can charge at home for much cheaper. look forward to owning a full ev in future tho.
It’s so much nicer to teach in an automatic car without all of the clutch and gear mistakes! Our blue Leaf has a range of 240 miles, which is plenty for a days lessons - however being able to charge at home is currently the key to it all. Hopefully the public charging network will continue to expand so that everyone can charge away from home as easily as they currently buy petrol. 👍🏼
Thanks so much. Only had my car one week and very stressed over hill starts as my drive on a slope. I will need to keep brake on when reversing, either with foot or electric hand brake. Thanks so much for explaining that it’s ok to do this.
Thank you, I searched many videos finally found, coze I want make sure that I follow right way to climb up my car on hill, coze to drive my house I have to climb up with mountain with narrow , cannot get it done with one shot, so I always come narrow and press breaks , and release it slowly with gas 😀, thx again
Brilliant vid, thanks had real dilemma with hilstart with Toyota Alphard because of foot operated handbrake! After 50 years with manual gears and conventional hand brake it was a problem😢. Due to weight of Alphard converted camper creep function on hill start non existent. Thanks again.
Your videos are great I'm a few years away from driving but there so helpful gets you ready for when you start driving I've seen most of your amazing vids . I would love too see everyday driving with a clutch camera it would be so helpful 👍❤
Frankly speaking your videos are very superb and informative. Please I will like you to do a video on how to reverse uphill and downhill in a manual car..
Great that you’re focusing on the future rather than mastering a technology well past its use by date. What next, typewriter maintenance in the era of laptops 😂
because driving schools have powerful engines on their cars... I drove a 1.6 Diesel Toyota Manual and when I passed and started with a 1.0 Petrol car, the difference was huge... If you want easy starts go with cars with higher torque.
OMG THANK YOU 😭😭 my test centre is next to a hill and I’m so scared cause I don’t know how to stop at the stop sign at the end of the hill cause the car kept rolling
Advance Driving School just general driving, I’m 17 in august and already have a car, so just general how to control the car and if there’s any major differences between auto and manual thank you😀
It sounds obvious, but an automatic car is the same as a manual car, except for the gearbox. This means that the car will choose and control it’s gears for you - but everything else will be the same. The driver will still have to operate all the other car controls in exactly the same way as they would in a manual car - so all of our other videos showing how to steer a car, brake progressively or maintain good road position are still relevant. Just ignore anything about clutch control or gear selection!
I drive a manual car because I know that children cannot even start it as it would immediately stall, not to mention performing a hill start or any other kind of start. It is an old diesel car that requires good gas to start and requires an easy and slow clutch release. That's why I prefer manual transmission. By the way, driving a manual car keeps you constantly aware due to the need for gear shifting.
Hello thanks for this amazing video i have been looking for... I have some worries please help me with an explanation....i drive automatic and have this challenge when descending a hill ...i brutally match the foot breaks please is there any other option i can use to slow down the speed without using footbreaks cuz it got me scared
Keeping your foot on the brake while you're waiting in traffic keeps the brake lights on. This is my pet hate seeing bright lights in front of me while waiting and in the night it's blinding.
Always find it strange to see them feeding the wheel. Here in Belgium, you are allowed to do that but, especially for sharp corners, it is advised to cross over your hands since this allows you to turn quicker and reduce the turning circle. My driving instructor taught me to cross my arms and if necessary even use one hand to quickly rotate the steering wheel (only one handed at slow speeds).
That's interesting, as we would suggest people 'feed the wheel' on tight corners for exactly the same reasons - it can be done quickly and precisely. In all honesty, it doesn't really matter which steering technique you prefer, as long as you can control the car properly.
Not all automatics have enough drive at idle to move uphill . Instead of using only the right foot ; hold the brake with the left foot and apply a little power with the right foot ; you then release the brake to move off ; this is also the best way to control the car for low speed manoeuvring . You were born with two feet - USE THEM .
My 2011 Toyota Auris has an MMT gearbox. The car will roll back on any hill. Also it has no electronic parking brake or creep function. I found myself in a situation when I had to stop on a really steep hill. When was time to go I pressed the gas pedal but the car keep rolling back so I had to floor the gas pedal and only then I managed to stop rolling and go forward. Would you recommend using both brake and gas at the same time to avoid this? Also with down hill I use manual mode to engine brake.
You might need to experiment - but we would use the handbrake to hold the car on the hill, press the accelerator, and then release the handbrake once we can feel the drive from the engine.
Can you do a VIDEO on BUSES.?? When the BUS stops and you DONT know when it's going TO pull out ... I get very😞 nervous I'm always a bit worried by the time I get up to it, it's going to pull out. In Australia , you have to give way to them.
Thanks for the idea. In the meantime we always try to pass a stationary bus if there is enough space to do so safely. However - once the bus indicates right we would give way and let them pull away. We can’t just sit behind a bus until it pulls away, as it might need to stop for some time and we would hold up traffic behind us for too long. 👍🏼
Should you shift from drive the gear 3 on an automatic going up a steep hill or leave it in drive ? Been told you should switch into gear 3 when going up a steep hill??
Here's a video i'd like you to cover is possible. There's something about automatic cars these days that's drawing my attention. Dual-Clutch Automatic. What's the difference between that and regular automatic transmission?
There are many different types of automatic transmission - such as dual clutch, torque converter, single clutch automated manual, constantly variable, fixed ratio.... but the gear selector that the driver uses are generally similar. As long as it has P R N D somewhere we should be fine to drive normally whatever is going on under the bonnet 👍🏼
@@AdvanceDrivingSchool What I meant was, if you had Dual-Clutch Automatic, does that mean you would have to use that extra clutch to change the gear like in a manual car?
My car has small engine and it rolls back in hill traffic when traffic is slow. I apply hand break on steep junctions and it works but in slow moving traffic going uphill I rolls back when I lift off foot. I have test in three days and I’m taking this car for test. Please need advice
I’m getting nervous on the hill starts even though I’ve a brand new car & im sure it has the creep function I keep thinking I need to give a big pedal push ! Noooo helo
I have learnt to drive an old manual car right now but when I get my license I will buy an automatic. I am wondering if you select the sports gear will it provide more power to start on big hills or it makes no difference?
On a matic car, against a very steep hill. Should we change the gear manually or wait until the engine change the gear into a lower one. I read an article which said that we should manually lower the gear. Is it true?
The car should know which gear is best for going up hills normally. It’s when driving down hill that we often manually select a lower gear to increase the engine braking effect.
How about reversing uphill in an automatic? I had an issue when I rented an automatic a couple of years ago when I was on a very steep hill, trying to reverse. I had a car in front of me very close, parked and went very close to it a couple of times before I was able to engage reverse and pull away from it. I've got to say, the most confusing thing was that the handbreak was one of those button handbreaks so it's either on or off, can't gauge like a normal old school handbrake. What's your advice? Can you guys make a video on it? Thanks
Once you know that the electric handbrake will automatically release its easy. Leave the handbrake on, select reverse, press the accelerator - and you’re off!
In your video about things never to do in an automatic you say don't press brake and accelerator at the same time. In this video you show pressing brake and accelerator at the same time. Is this a mistake or have I misunderstood.?
Thanks for this video! I haven't ever had to do a hill start on a very steep hill so always quite anxious about this. I have a question, I have a 1 litre C1 with hill start assist and when on a small incline in the past I have put on my handbrake and kept the car in drive. When I came off the brake to give it some gas before taking the handbrake off, the car had started to roll back so I had to slam my foot down to get going to avoid hitting the car behind me. I guess this means that the hill start doesnt work when the handbrake is applied? Would the car not roll back if I put it in neutral (no parking gear) and switched to drive? On hills in an auto do I need to put my handbrake on at all as I learnt to do this in my automatic lessons. Thanks!
In our experience hill start assist usually works when the handbrake isn't applied - it just holds the foot brake on longer as you move your foot to drive away. Maybe go somewhere quiet and hilly to practice - you could try using only the foot brake (to test hill start assist), the handbrake (like your lessons) or your left foot (as we showed). 👍🏼
It's only for a moment, so we don't think so. However, if we are stopping for longer we would select Neutral (and use the parking brake) or Park, so we don't have to keep the brake pedal pushed. You can do whatever you prefer 👍🏼
Thank you very much for this extremely informative video. 🙌🙌🙌 Out of interest, do you prefer the traditional handbrakes or the modern electronically controlled parking brakes and why? What do you students prefer?
The only problem with a manual handbrake is that students often fail to fully release them, and then the car starts beeping at them! In contrast an electric parking brake will release itself as we drive away - so I would prefer that system. Our pupils have never had to choose - as our manual cars have always had a normal handbrake, and our new cars that have electric brakes are automatic.
Hello,I find your videos to be very instructive and simple.I have one query, does the creep functionality also depend upon the load being carried by the car?Lets say if there are 4 passengers and luggage.Will the car tend to roll back on a hill or will the creep functionality keep it static (or maybe even push it ahead) when starting from stop?
It is hard to know for sure, but the creep seems to have a set amount of 'drive' - so if the hill is steep enough the car will roll back if the parking brake isn't used.
@@AdvanceDrivingSchool Thanks for the response.Perhaps it will be useful to add that caveat in your video just to be sure the readers don't get the wrong impression that creep will move the vehicle forward on reasonable incline irrespective of the load it's carrying.Just my thoughts :-)
If you watch the section of the video about very steep hills, we explain that "Sometimes the hill can be so steep, that the car’s ‘creep’ isn’t strong enough to prevent the car from rolling backwards."
@@AdvanceDrivingSchool Will review that.Thanks.I have one other newbie query.Is there a (easy/quick) way for new learners to know if their foot is on the brake or accelarator in a tight situation when something momentarily distracts their focus? I understand undivided attention is paramount and non-negotiable when one is behind the wheel.Do experienced drivers trust entirely on muscle memory to bail them out in such situations?
I'm new to driving an automatic and not sure how to reverse park uphill, my driveway is on a slope. Do I use foot brake or gas pedal to reverse park on a slope?
@@AdvanceDrivingSchool Thank you for your reply. The issue I have is, when I reverse uphill and I manoeuvre the steering wheel to turn into the space, my car rolls forward. I would then press the brake to stop it rolling forward and then press on the accelarator, but when I do this it speeds too quickly which is dangerous, as I feel like it loses control. I don't understand why it rolled forward when in reverse. Am I doing anything wrong, if so how do I stop this from happening? Thanks
Question - while watching your videos we saw a few mock tests, in them some of the drivers let the steering wheel slide through their hands after turning, but the instructor didnt mention it, is letting it slide instead of feeding it now acceptable in the driving test ? My wife is learning to drive, but because of the lockdown there is no lessons, so i have been teaching her, in the mean time she has been watching your and another channels videos to learn, so want her to learn the right things and iron out any habits, as some things are different to when I learnt in 91.
In the UK the examiner on a Driving Test will be marking your control over your car, not how you hold the steering wheel. Crossing your hands or letting the wheel slip a little will not be a problem unless it leads to a loss of control. Good luck with everything!
@@AdvanceDrivingSchool Thank you, really appreciate the reply, my wife didnt want to learn back in 91 when I did mine, now regrets not doing it, but she cannot get on with the gears, so we got an auto for her to learn in, the wheel sliding was one of the things that has changed since I did mine, along with 3 point turns and reversing into a side road, although I am still learning her those, as you never know.
@@AdvanceDrivingSchool that's very much for the reply. I am getting my Kia Rio today and very excited. I enjoyed you video very much and at least we drive on the same side of the road LOL 😆 😀
Creep is what happens when we select Drive and release the foot brake - the car will 'creep' forward gently on it's own. Perfect for manoeuvring or hill starts!
No in a manual car I would use neutral when you get pulled through on those track things. That’s the thing I mean? I’ve saw to use park, but been told that’s like a second hand brake.. someone must have used a carwash in an automatic in the U.K. the car gets pulled through on a track
We have never seen a car wash where you get pulled through! In the UK all automatic car washes are different - you drive into it and stop. The wash takes place while we wait - and then we drive out afterwards.
@@AdvanceDrivingSchool There is a car wash in my neighborhood (Belgium) which pulls you through. You have to put the car in Neutral, leave the engine running and the windscreen wipers turned off, you can't brake or touch the steering wheel. Once its finished you put it back in D and drive away.
@@orangepenumbra2360 Its a lot quicker to learn how to control the car - but everything else is the same. Understanding the rules of the road, having good judgement at junctions and being able to drive independently is the same in any car, and that's why the Driving Test pass rate is the same for both manual and automatic cars.
I am a new driver and just bought a Renault Clio initiale(2010) automatic. When I am doing maneuroves and have it in 'drive' or 'reverse' it sometimes creeps forward/backwards but then stops and stays still so I have to press the accelerator to get it to move which makes it go too fast during the maneurove. Is using the brake during the maneurove stopping the creep function from working when I take my foot off it?
If your car has a dual-clutch transmission, it takes a moment to engage the gear. Therefore, on an uphill gradient in reverse, it will roll backward in reverse and on a downhill gradient it will roll forward in reverse. Check if your car has such a transmission.
hi, say you change from auto to manual as you drive. can you change back to auto while still driving (without stopping)? got an Aygo, if it helps. great video!
Yes, you can change between drive modes (full auto / manual / winter / sports etc) at any time while you drive. Just don't select reverse until you've stopped!
I don't understand why you held the car with the foot pedal at the traffic lights. What if you were hit from behind? Or if your foot slipped? The car would move forward when somebody is crossing the road. Why did you not apply the handbrake? Edit: You will also piss off the driver behind you if it was night time and your brake lights are constantly illuminated. I'm not an advanced driver but I'd like to know the logic here as to why what you done in that video was appropriate, because personally I would apply the handbrake unless it was a simple touch stop with everything clear.
The reason that we don’t use the handbrake at traffic lights is that it has no benefit. The handbrake only brakes two wheels, so would take longer to stop the car after a collision than the foot brake, which brakes all four wheels. It is very unlikely that our foot would slip off the brakes (even in a collision) but even if we did release the brake pedal the car would only creep forward very slowly until we pressed it again. The brake lights staying illuminated at night is worth consideration, and in this case we prefer to select Park on the transmission, as this will hold the car stationary and allow the engine to idle in neutral - whereas if we simply apply the handbrake in Drive the engine is still under a little load, which wastes fuel. Ultimately it is up to you to decide when to use your handbrake, as there are no official rules about it’s use - we prefer to save it for when we park our car or need to do a very steep hill start.
In an auto, we ‘drag’ the brakes a little to keep the car’s speed under control. Allowing the car to get to full speed in creep is a little too fast usually.
Manual cars normally only stall when the wrong gear is selected or the driver has poor clutch control. In an automatic car both of these tasks are taken care of by the car, so the engine should never stall - unless it has a fault of course!