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What really grinds your gears?

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Carpathius Nov 2018 10:35pm, 1 Nov 2018 15,676 posts	0 Carpathius [I haven't even noticed it - at least not yet]
Velociraptor Nov 2018 10:47pm, 1 Nov 2018 39,483 posts	0 Velociraptor [I also can't see a pop-up. Don't tell the advertiser.]
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Nov 2018 7:18am, 2 Nov 2018 27,405 posts	0 Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) [financial contributors to the site can switch off the ads]
NDWDave Nov 2018 6:16pm, 2 Nov 2018 8,014 posts	0 NDWDave [weirdly I had blank popups for an hour or two but they are long gone. I’m an FE! (Important red exclamation mark) though]
beebop Nov 2018 6:28pm, 2 Nov 2018 1,253 posts	0 beebop (Following the first after sunset drive this year). Why does everybody sit in traffic queues with their brake lights on? Have they forgotten they have handbrakes, or can they just not be arsed to use them? Only noticed two other drivers making the very small effort not to dazzle the people behind.
NDWDave Nov 2018 6:42pm, 2 Nov 2018 8,016 posts	0 NDWDave [probably automatic transmission cars]
beebop Nov 2018 10:40pm, 2 Nov 2018 1,255 posts	0 beebop [NDWDave, do you mean that automatic transmission cars would have their brake lights on or wouldn’t? Sitting in long queues of traffic it was obvious that almost all had brake lights on, and I don’t think there are that many automatics around, are there? Perhaps I just think that because I don’t like them much.]
Fitz Nov 2018 11:43pm, 2 Nov 2018 1,954 posts	0 Fitz My car is an auto and also has the stop-start feature to cut the engine and reduce emissions / fuel usage in traffic. The stop-start works when it's in Drive with the foot brake applied, hence the brake light showing. Of course I could put it in neutral, apply the hand brake and turn off the engine to achieve the same outcome without showing a brake light, but that would become tedious in stop-start traffic.
Fragile Do Not Bend Nov 2018 11:48pm, 2 Nov 2018 3,597 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend [I suppose a stationary car with brake lights on might be slightly more likely to be automatic as you can’t hold a car still by balancing the clutch. But I suspect the majority of people either use the footbrake or handbrake when stationary so the type of transmission wouldn’t make any difference]
Fragile Do Not Bend Nov 2018 11:50pm, 2 Nov 2018 3,598 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend [Cross posted with Fitz, I didn’t know about the stop-start thing as the automatic I had didn’t have that]