Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Regen breaking

[Doug & Terri (dnt]

Me and my manual transmission are stopped at a signal.  Behind me is some 
newish SUV with 1,250 hp. and with some sort of sequential auto/manual 
transmission.  Signal turns green - I'm off and . . . . without going to 
redline, shift to second. invoking a s-l-i-g-h-t hesitation.  SUV's grill fills 
my rear view mirror.  Second is a bit better as by that time we are up to local 
speed limit.  Pick-up trucks are just as bad.  SUV roars off and beats me to 
the next red light.
Alas
DOUG

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Perry [mailto:charles [at] carolinasound.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 1:19 PM
To: Doug & Terri <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: 'The FerrariList' <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Regen breaking

I worry about this in all of my manual transmission cars. I can wait at a stop 
light without my foot on the brake because a manual in neutral won't creep, but 
it also won't warn clueless idiots behind me of why my car is getting bigger so 
fast.

Same in traffic or in unexpected stops on interstate. So I use the brake not 
because I need it, but because other people need it.

-- charles