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Or, more accurately, where are the pedals in my car?
This morning I had to make an early trek to the vet's office with ChaseTheOldDog (another post will be forthcoming about that... in short, though, he should be okay), which meant I had to go out while it was Still Dark and completely de-snow the car.
It was 20 degrees outside at 6:30ish this morning, and I was flinging snow around. This required something sturdier than my normal winter footwear (tennis shoes), so I broke out the heavy hikers. They're lovely and sturdy and waterproof and warm and this worked swimmingly for mucking about in the driveway in the snow.
Then I got in the Beetle to drive and discovered that the heavy hikers, with their non-bending ankles, steel shanks and thick soles, left me completely unable to tell WTF I was doing with my feet in regards to the Beetle pedals.
It was weird... I was driving by ear (more so than usual) 'cause hearing the changes in RPMs was the only way I had any idea what I was doing with the clutch or gas pedals, and every time I reached for the clutch I was in fear that I was going to get the brake pedal too. Thankfully, I didn't, and my drive to work was uneventful, but it was a very odd feeling. I love my heavy hikers, but I think I'll relegate them to tasks other than driving from now on (or at least to only driving the Trooper, which has stiffer pedals so this isn't an issue).
This morning I had to make an early trek to the vet's office with ChaseTheOldDog (another post will be forthcoming about that... in short, though, he should be okay), which meant I had to go out while it was Still Dark and completely de-snow the car.
It was 20 degrees outside at 6:30ish this morning, and I was flinging snow around. This required something sturdier than my normal winter footwear (tennis shoes), so I broke out the heavy hikers. They're lovely and sturdy and waterproof and warm and this worked swimmingly for mucking about in the driveway in the snow.
Then I got in the Beetle to drive and discovered that the heavy hikers, with their non-bending ankles, steel shanks and thick soles, left me completely unable to tell WTF I was doing with my feet in regards to the Beetle pedals.
It was weird... I was driving by ear (more so than usual) 'cause hearing the changes in RPMs was the only way I had any idea what I was doing with the clutch or gas pedals, and every time I reached for the clutch I was in fear that I was going to get the brake pedal too. Thankfully, I didn't, and my drive to work was uneventful, but it was a very odd feeling. I love my heavy hikers, but I think I'll relegate them to tasks other than driving from now on (or at least to only driving the Trooper, which has stiffer pedals so this isn't an issue).
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