Adjusting to an auto after years with a manual

[K12beano]

Moving to auto: check

Powerfully built PH Director: check

Chauffeur cannot demonstrate experience with automatic?

Sack your chauffeur and get a better one.....

[J4CKO]

I swap between them and my brain seems to load in the correct stuff to switch between them, dont even think about it.

[Plinth]

One car that might cause a few issues to those unfamiliar with its design would be a 1970's Pontiac Firebird* - automatic transmission but with three pedals.
The one on the left is the parking brake - press it down to apply, release it with a small lever under the dash.
Some American films with car chases show the driver stamping on the left pedal and the car then "handbrake turns" in a cloud of tyre smoke.

• No doubt there are others.

[The Mad Monk]

tonys said:

That being the case, presumably you'd be quite happy if the driver behind you, particularly at night, left their headlamps on main beam, or switched to main beam as they waited.

No. To do that as a deliberate act would be a silly thing to do.