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Can you drive a manual transmission? (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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And where are you from? And how old? Not "do you" but just if you know how.

I'm in the US, mid 30s and can (and do) drive a manual transmission.

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[โ€“] 13 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Not sure how common it is now but some cars had a "hill holder" feature that would hold the brake for you when starting on a hill. Makes that whole process much, much easier.

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  • [โ€“] 33 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children)

    Just pull the parking brake and accelerate until you feel the car slightly raising and then drop the parking brake.

    Eventually you get a feeling for it and drop the parking brake before it's "fighting" the accelerator.

    This might sound trivial to some, but I know several people that never use the parking brake in these situations and instead do a manic race with their feet and the car drops a couple meters back and they over accelerate to compensate.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 3 years ago

    Yes, this is how I do it. I also do this when reversing out of parking spaces. Because my car's reverse requires pushing down on the stick and is close to 1st, I've saved myself from driving into polls a few times.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I learned the parking brake method.

    A couple meters, you say? Sounds like a great way to trash your transmission.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago

    A couple meters, you say? Sounds like a great way to trash your transmission.

    It drives (pun intended) me nuts, but they don't listen to reason. And the worst of all, is that they got their license in a hilly town and say they weren't taught that. While I learned in a flatter place and was taught this.

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  • [+] -8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Hands down one of the worst "feature" of new vehicles IMO. If you need help on a hill, either use the parking brake like everyone else, learn to drive better, or just drive an auto.

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