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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Someone clearly has never had to hill start a manual transmission vehicle.....

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Don’t you use the handbrake for a hill start? Kinda awkward stepping on both the brake and gas pedals while one foot is on the clutch.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

No, I hold down the clutch and the brake, then slowly start releasing the clutch, and when the engine starts struggling I release the brake and jump to the gas pedal to get more revs in, release the clutch all the way, and hopefully start moving forward instead of stalling the engine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Did not know there was another way.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Or just hold the brake, put in gear, then release the brake, rev up the engine to 3k rpm and release the clutch. Not as good for the motor and gearbox but faster lol

Edit: Ya'll, if one knows what they do, and knows the car, speeding the motor up to a specific amount, often 2-2.5k rpm, and releasing the clutch a specific amount, takes less time than gravity needs to overcome the inertia. I'm almost always literally starting while practically still standing, because it takes ~0.1 second to do said things, if you know the car and its sweet spots.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

!https://giphy.com/gifs/f1-car-smoking-6yxmDC0iysMyeCy01M

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Except the smoke would be coming from the clutch in most cars.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

https://giphy.com/gifs/f1-car-smoking-6yxmDC0iysMyeCy01M

why is embedding gifs so hard

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Because giphy does not provide a real interface to embed a gif. One needs to go to their site to view it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

test

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Smart drivers do. I don't know why anyone does the fast foot shuffle.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Rev match downshifts.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Flashback to my Del Sol where I had to brake+heel tap the accelerator to downshift. Still took less coordination than using a damn touch screen infotainment system

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I'm not sure what this means. How do you down shift when you're stopped?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

There are a few possibilities:

It's faster, especially if the handbrake isn't applied already.
Some cars, like the one I drove most of the time in driving school, have an automation to keep braking for a second, so one just needs to: Brake, Clutch, Put in gear, Release Brake, Rev up engine a bit, Release Clutch.
My current car's Handbrake is basically non-functional, so I have to do the fast foot shuffle.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Got to learn how to do the heel-toe technique

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Yep, can do that, or heel-toe the clutch and break if you're not a fuckin wuss

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Heal-toe is basically that. Frankly imo 99% of the time, just be fast.