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Old Mar 13, 2019 | 12:19 PM
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Foot Pedals vs Hand Pedals

Hi,

We’ve had our GLC 43 for about a year. (Love it). We do some highway driving but mostly are in light traffic, stop and go kinda stuff.

i’ve tried to play a bit with the hand pedals, in stop and go and don’t think i’m Using them correctly. Is there a way to get up to a decent speed using the hand pedals? A combo of foot/hand?

any advice is appreciated.
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Old Mar 13, 2019 | 03:09 PM
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do you mean shifter paddles?
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Old Mar 13, 2019 | 04:58 PM
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To be clear the shift paddles on the steering wheel do not double as the gas pedal.
I feel like I am being punked.
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Thanks for that. So to be clear there is no way to go from completely stopped, to say a 20 mph cruising speed, without using the gas pedal?
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the paddles are used to shift gears one shifts up and the other shifts down like an F1 race car.

it may end up getting to 20mph but you are doing it with engine at idle speed.

engine speed is controlled by gas pedal only.

my advice is leave paddles alone

unless you are handicapped and have controls.
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Originally Posted by affalterthought
To be clear the shift paddles on the steering wheel do not double as the gas pedal.
I feel like I am being punked.
This reeks of incredulity, if intentional,funny,if inadvertent,scary.
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