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Old Aug 21, 2003 | 08:44 AM
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It's pretty easy to go up hill without rolling back. All you do is drive it like you were on a flat road at a complete stop. Just ignore the fact that you are on a hill, works for me.

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Old Aug 21, 2003 | 08:55 AM
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rev it high
drop the clutch
what hill?

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Old Nov 18, 2003 | 03:54 PM
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Stopping on Hills

When you have to stop on a hill (stop sign or to give way etc.) do u put on the handbrake or do u ride the clutch?

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Old Nov 18, 2003 | 04:13 PM
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Personally, neither. Not to hard to go up hill.
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Old Nov 18, 2003 | 06:49 PM
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if u start dumping your clutch at every hill
it won't hold on very long......
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Old Nov 18, 2003 | 06:55 PM
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After a couple weeks of driving a stick youll be able to tell when the car is getting in gear. All i do is gas then clutch gas then clutch. But thats just me ****ing around cuz ill let the car roll back and forth, it can be fun while waiting. It also scares the car behind you which is fun too. I never use a break on a hill. Theres no need too. Youll be able to stay in one place by giving some gas and clutch at the same time.
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Old Nov 19, 2003 | 05:31 PM
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what u should do is use heel and toe
when u have to brake on a hill use the boll of your right foot
on the brake and the heel to push the throttle
combined with pulliing the clutch out.
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Old Nov 20, 2003 | 07:29 PM
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The best way is to use the handbrake to hold the car in place before letting off the brake peddle to actuate the gas. (..the transmission would obviously have to be placed in gear before holding the car with the handbrake)

Some alternatives have been..
- Being quick with letting the car of the brake, and getting on the gas, while in gear. A negative with this is the car will begin to roll backwards slightly until the gas is applied and the clutch is let out. A risk here is that the car can easily stall if a feeling of anxiety overcomes the driver with the sensation of the car rolling backwards, particularly if the driver is pulling out of a parallel parked space on a step hill with C-class Mercedes fore and aft. None-the-less, in its roll backwards, the car gained momentum and will have put comparably more stress on the clutch to starting the car from a stand-still from holding it with the handbrake. This method and the handbrake method require very primal co-ordination.
- Holding the car in place with the clutch. Simply, the worst.
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Old Nov 25, 2003 | 08:51 PM
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I keep half of my foot on the brake and half on the gas pedal when taking off and then slowly slipping from the brake to the gas but don't do the ebrake thing.
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Old Nov 26, 2003 | 03:03 PM
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A driving instructor in Germany taught our group to always use the e-brake to assist in those stopped-on-an-uphill conditions. Without the e-brake method, you won't always be able to use the clutch perfectly to avoid rolling back onto the car behind you. Plus, you save some wear on your clutch.
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Old Dec 15, 2003 | 11:24 PM
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Easiest way i have found is when you're stopped just brake, and when you have to go, almost engage the clutch, then quickly switch from brake the accel, if you do it right you'll almost have no rollback. I guess its hard when you first start doing it, but it requires the least effort once you're used to it.
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Old Dec 16, 2003 | 07:14 AM
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Handbrakes are for sissies. Find a good spot on a quite day (Sunday morning in a business area) and practice the following. When you stop you put the car in neutral and then you take your foot completely of the clutch pedal. I say that again: TAKE YOUR FOOT COMPLETELY OF THE CLUTCH PEDAL. Then you watch the cross street lights, if you can, until it turns yellow. Otherwise use your judgment of when it will turn green for you. If you are the first car, you may want to do it ½ a second sooner, so that you can get out of the way of the cars behind your or smoke the Camaro next to you. At this time, put the car in 1st gear and hold the clutch in until you have a green light. Always pay attention to the cross streets in your peripheral vision and do a quick left-right glance for morons that will try and push through on a red light. Now, and this is a thing of beauty, smoothly let out the clutch, pick up the accelerator pedal and take off as fast or slow as you want to go. Your car will roll back less than a foot with practice. Maybe on a very, very steep hill, like what you would find is SF, you could use the handbrake if there are cars behind you. But with practice you will gain confidence to do it all the time.
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Old Dec 16, 2003 | 07:19 AM
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Originally posted by Misanthrope
Easiest way i have found is when you're stopped just brake, and when you have to go, almost engage the clutch, then quickly switch from brake the accel, if you do it right you'll almost have no rollback. I guess its hard when you first start doing it, but it requires the least effort once you're used to it.
yup thats what i do
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Old Dec 16, 2003 | 07:34 AM
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if it werent for all the *******s who ride your bumper there would be no problem..but as for me ive been driving manual for about 12 years so all those methods work, find the one that suits u...just practice..hell i love scaring the people behind me on hills i'll let it coast back just to see the look on there faces.then i'll take off...good luck dood
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Old Dec 16, 2003 | 08:01 AM
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Merge this Brian!
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