• Holzkohlen@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        You get the car rolling with just the clutch. Quite the pain, not a fan of driving stick myself.

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          1 year ago

          Tell me you are a diesel driver without telling me. By the time you get an average gas car moving the light is red again if you don’t rev it to at least 1500

          • Knusper@feddit.de
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            1 year ago

            Ah, you mean that because diesel cars have more torque, you can do things like starting uphill with just the clutch.

            I was wondering, because I certainly didn’t opt for a handbrake start for the fun of it. My car’s engine simply died, if I lifted the clutch too far without accelerating and ‘too far’ was far below getting enough torque to not roll downhill.

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      1 year ago

      If you can’t hold the brake with your right foot and roll start with the clutch left foot without touching the gas, you need more practice.

      exceptions given for fully loaded old as dirt pickup trucks that don’t like to idle properly, those you can heel toe… not that I’d know anything about that of course.,

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        1 year ago

        I haven’t driven a whole lot of cars and none of them were old as dirt pickup trucks but I’ve seen enough where the idle gas was not enough to get the car rolling on an incline without stalling it. Sometimes you just need a good handbrake start

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      1 year ago

      On a steep hill, your clutch will thank you for using the handbrake. Especially in stop and go traffic towing a trailer. Ask me how I know.