manual drivers: how do u guys start on a very steep slope?

Re: manual drivers: how do u guys start on a very steep slope? (billgti)

After years of experience, it's just clutch control. In most states, if you roll back and hit the guy behind you, it's his fault for following to close

Re: manual drivers: how do u guys start on a very steep slope? (Green-Golf)

That is called tailgating. I have been ticketed once for it; however, it wasnt because of an accident like in the example above. I was in heavy traffic and I was following a Police Investigation Unit van too close for the officer comfort at that rate of speed. The Xwy was bumper to bumper, but we were moving along at about 60MPH, which is pretty good at 4:30pm in a Miami Xwy on a Friday rush hour period. How close was I? Somewhere between a foot and a foot and a half from his rear bumper


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Re: manual drivers: how do u guys start on a very steep slope? (billgti)

Yup, just clutch control.
Here is what I did at first. Just have your foot on the brake, slowly let off the clutch until you feel it start to grip. Then dump the brake, get on the gas and you shouldn't have rolled back far at all.
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Re: manual drivers: how do u guys start on a very steep slope? (Bundaho)

For me it's easier to control the clutch with a bit more throttle. So I go heavy on the gas when I'm going up a slope and *then* ease up on the clutch. I don't roll backwards too much this way. You'll get the hang of it!

Re: manual drivers: how do u guys start on a very steep slope? (billgti)

Its all about clutch control http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif