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[–] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you can't hold the brake with your right foot and roll start with the clutch left foot without touching the gas, you need more practice.

exceptions given for fully loaded old as dirt pickup trucks that don't like to idle properly, those you can heel toe.... not that I'd know anything about that of course.,

[–] somenonewho@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't driven a whole lot of cars and none of them were old as dirt pickup trucks but I've seen enough where the idle gas was not enough to get the car rolling on an incline without stalling it. Sometimes you just need a good handbrake start

[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The car doesn't need to start rolling. You need just enough clutch to keep from rolling backwards.

[–] Eavolution@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

On flat ground, agreed. On a hill, my car just doesnt have the power to do that without some gas.