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You guys have to end it (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 47 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

• Wanted to Start on a Steep Hill? We had a Tool for that: it was Called "Flooring the Gas while letting go off the Clutch"

IT AIN'T NO GOOD MORNIN' WITHOUT THE SMELL OF NICELY BURNED CLUTCH

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I was going to say, I always had my e-brake on when I parked my car and so I always started the car with it on.

    Does he mean slowly let off the clutch while releasing the e-brake? Does he put on his e-brake if he stops on a hill, in traffic too!

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I've had to use the ebrake method before for a hill that was wayyyy too steep and a fence gate closed behind me.

    You basically just let off the clutch and press on the gas until the car wants to move forward, then you let off the e brake and go without going backwards.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    If you're on a steep hill, yes sometimes you need to use the handbrake to get moving. This had to be demonstrated when I got my licence, but to be fair some manual vehicles now have automatic hill start. Still a good technique to learn because it doesn't always activate.

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