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.

  • guyrocket@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    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.

    • Hunter2@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      10 months ago

      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.