I guess I am old. What else have you noticed.

[skyhunter]

Went to Off Roadeo yesterday and they all kept talking about the fat pedal and the skinny pedal.

I guess that's what all the cool kids say today. I'm old I guess because it was always the 'long one' or the 'short one' or often 'the up and down' or 'the sideways' pedal.

Of course I learned to drive when they were all fat pedals.

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[DarthLincoln]

I‘m used to “skinny pedal” but not “fat pedal”. Makes me think of Abbott & Costello.

 

[not on the rug]

We've all called it the skinny pedal for at least 30 years.
Maybe you're too old to drive?

 

[TrailDamage]

Definitely heard skinny pedal through four generations of family growing up with hot rods

 

[skyhunter]

Well the T, my 68 deVille and the 59 Edsel had all big pedals. You needed a lead foot.

Must be a generational thing, like calling a trigger the 'bang switch' which when one thinks of it is what they should call the safety.

Any other weird idioms out there.

 

[projectbadlands]

Dang bruh, you're cooked! -my teen daughter

 

[KreeHBronco]

I guess gas pedal and brake pedal are not cool ... maybe too accurate. And clutch pedal for anyone driving a manual.

 

[skhubbard93]

Went to Off Roadeo yesterday and they all kept talking about the fat pedal and the skinny pedal.

I guess that's what all the cool kids say today. I'm old I guess because it was always the 'long one' or the 'short one' or often 'the up and down' or 'the sideways' pedal.

Of course I learned to drive when they were all fat pedals.

Y'all are missing a pedal.

 

[DarthLincoln]

I am guessing “fat pedal“ is less commonly heard compared to “skinny pedal”, especially in enthusiast settings like a track event or car clinic, because there is no fat pedal when there are 3 pedals. In manuals, there’s a skinny pedal and the other two - which are small.

Other terminology I usually hear is “go pedal” and “whoa pedal”, but usually it’s simply ”gas” and ”brake”.

 

[dpAtlanta]

Old...???

When I was born, they were using Preparation "B".
I have no idea what they are using now.

 

[skyhunter]

Y'all are missing a pedal.

I actually learned on a standard. Drove one for the first 2 decades of my driving life, including the M35. Then after the umpteenth time hating my life commuting in Boston traffic I swore never again. To misquote Ron Popeil, 'set it and forget it'.

 

[KreeHBronco]

When I was born, they were using Preparation "B".
I have no idea what they are using now.
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Old is the new young!! Yes we know how to drive manuals, we know great music (best ever) and great/silly television and cartoons. Some of us grew up hotrodding!! Experience has it's advantages

 

[HighVelocity]

I'm not creative enough to name 3 kids, let alone 3 pedals.

 

[Bronco21Maybe]

I couldn't read a word of this thread this morning until I found my glasses.

 

[BroncoBobArea51]

Does anyone have three on the tree? Need three pedals for that.

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