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Originally Posted by james schaechter
I never did understand the concern with a stick car's 2 step. The action that moves the car is the foot release of the clutch pedal. 2 step switch or not, the foot action on the pedal is what moves the car.
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An automatic car functions the same. I have no idea where people got the idea that you can release a two step button with your hand and it will launch an automatic car.
If you leave your foot on the brakes in an automatic car and release the two step button, the car won't actually launch, but if it has plenty of HP, it'll blow the tires off. We tried it, just to see if all of the B.S. had any factual basis behind it. No, releasing the two step with your hand won't "launch" the car, and it won't "knock your foot off the brake pedal", either. Even if a car would hook up, and it would launch, the drag on the pedal would be so inconsistent you couldn't get any sort of a consistent launch or 60' time.
Most people know the orange 69 Camaro that Kevin has hooks in a car wash. It may not have the most HP around, but it isn't a complete stone. You can't use a button to turn off the two step and leave your foot on the brake, if you have any hope of the car actually launching. It will sit still and blow the tires off though.