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Originally Posted by Craig
you can just let out the clutch to just the point where it starts to grab, and then hold it there. You can hold yourself on a hill this way
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Uhhh.... Really good way to wear out - if not burn out - a clutch. I used to do that - right up until I had to replace my first clutch... Parts for a 510 were cheap, but it still took me most of the weekend, so I pretty much never did it again...
Almost everyone drove stick when I learnt; hill start was a standard feature of the driving test. Can't hill start? No license. Take your test in an automatic? Take another test to get a license to drive manual.
I struggle to believe some of the habits I've seen folks who weren't taught to drive stick pick up. Like the girl I was riding with one day, going down a long hill, who put the trans in neutral and coasted for about a mile. She wouldn't have it that it was a bad idea. Actually illegal many places...