What are all 3 pedals in Vanellope's car for?
When Vanellope is being taught how to drive Ralph is guessing the functions of the 3 pedals in her car. His guesses were:
- Right: Accelerator
- Middle: Brake
- Left: Useless
But when Vanellope is driving by herself after being taught, we see she's only using the Right and Middle pedals and she seems to only use the left pedal when she shifts gears (suggesting it's the brakes?)
So what are all 3 pedals for in Vanellope's car? Or did one get added by mistake?
Best Answer
Someone doesn't drive stick...:)
The third pedal is the foot clutch and is only used when changing gears in a manual transmission automobile.
A clutch is two metal plates in the engine. When you press the clutch pedal down the plates come apart separating the engine from the drive wheels allowing you to change gear. Bringing the pedal back up re-engages the plates which in turn connect the engine to the drive wheels.
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- Right: Accelerator.
- Middle: Brake.
- Left: Useless.
What do the 3 pedals do on a car?
There are 3 pedals on the floor of the driver's side of your car, which you'll use to control the power and speed of the car: the accelerator, the foot brake and the clutch.Why does my automatic car have 3 pedals?
Why do Some Automatic Cars have 3 Pedals? All automatic cars have just 2 pedals. What might look like a third pedal could be the parking brake if you don't have a handbrake. Most modern cars now have a electronic parking brake button or a handbrake lever.What is the 3rd pedal in a car called?
If you've ever driven a manual shift car, then you're probably familiar with the clutch. It's the third pedal that you have to press in order to change gears. However, you might not know exactly what the clutch does, especially if you've only driven cars with automatic transmissions.What is the middle pedal for in a car?
The Brake Pedal (middle pedal used by the right foot) You use the foot brake for slowing down and stopping. Whilst braking, your brake lights warn following drivers that you're slowing down. Your foot brake works all four wheels at the same time.What do the pedals on a piano do? | Cunningham Piano Company, Philadelphia, King of Prussia, PA
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Answer 2
Because Vanellope is from a car racing game, where, unsurprisingly, they drive race cars.
High performance cars classically used manual transmissions, because the human can make better decisions about when to shift gears than a computer can*, and the difference is plenty enough to be the deciding factor in winning races.
You may know that engines perform best in a certain range of engine speed, and that is not proportional to the road speeds. That is why cars have a number of gears like a bicycle. That's not the pedal, that's the stick between the seats. To match up engine speed to the gear you are changing into, automatics handle that with a hydraulic coupling... but on a manual, there's a gadget that allows thedriver to select a certain amount of "slip" between engine and transmission. That's what the left pedal does.
* least of all a hydraulic computer as would be in a non-computerized performance car, such as the THM350 or 700R4 loved by hotrodders who want automatics.
Cool 80’s story: There were two truly excellent brands of automatic transmission, ZF and Hydra-Matic. The latter is General Motors, yes really - any random Chevy got a world-class automatic. Once Rolls-Royce gave a trial to the Hydra-Matic. It ran fantastic, exactly what they wanted. But they did a tear-down and found a bunch of rough castings inside the hydraulic computer (valve body). Fine for a Chevy, but hardly up to Rolls standards! So they painstakingly cleaned up all the rough casting ripples and marks and made it look fantastic. Reassembled it, and suddenly it shifted badly. The mechanics were losing their minds, what did they do wrong reassembling it? They asked GM. GM said "You smoothed the valve body!? We deliberately leave the casting rough to crate turbulence to the hydraulic flow. No wonder."
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