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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Tips for a learner? My stompy parking brake won't play nice right now, so I kind of need to figure this shit out in my new old truck. Lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, it's just a trick you need to get the feeling for. Start one foot on the break, and other on the clutch. Let clutch go halfway, without stalling the car, and quickly move your right foot from brake to gas. Press on gas pedal, while releasing clutch. If you do it right, the car starts driving forward, even on a upwards hill. It takes practice, and every car feels different.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

A good indicator for learning this – especially if you don't have the feel for your clutch yet – is to watch your RPM counter. If it starts to dip, the clutch is starting to engage. From there on, continue as described.

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

If you're on a really steep incline, you'll have to press both the brake and gas pedal at the same time using your right foot, while feathering the clutch with your left. I've heard this called the "heel toe" technique.

If your engine has enough torque or if the hill isn't steep enough, you can ignore this and just ease off the clutch while transitioning from the brake to gas.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Awesome. Thanks. I've down Heel-Toe before in an automatic up a mountain road in the snow, so I'm familiar with that a little.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Heel-toe is used during downshifts to match rpms

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yep. I also used it a lot when starting on a hill on vehicles without handbrakes.