• Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
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      1 year ago

      Handbrake start is what’s taught in countries where the the driving test isn’t “Press go pedal, press stop pedal, congrats you passed”

      In upward inclines it’s better for your clutch too.

      Not having the coordination to use both feet and both hands independently of each other is what’s for noobs

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        1 year ago

        You let the clutch up until the rims start to drop a tiny bit, at this point you can let off the brake and move your foot to the gas. You shouldn’t move backwards as long as you are slow and feel for the engine to not stall

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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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          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

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            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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      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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        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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          The car doesn’t need to start rolling. You need just enough clutch to keep from rolling backwards.