Can't stop wheelspin
04-28-2008, 02:36 PM
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I'm curious at the responses... I wasn't referring to 'holding' a car on a hill.
A hill start. You get in your car, turn it on and have to drive up a hill. I had to do this as part of my driving test and learnt how to do this from a qualified instructor.
How did your driving instructors teach you to do hill starts?
I've been driving a manual over 13yrs, many of which in sports cars. The RX8 is not my first sports car and certainly not my first manual.
A hill start. You get in your car, turn it on and have to drive up a hill. I had to do this as part of my driving test and learnt how to do this from a qualified instructor.
How did your driving instructors teach you to do hill starts?
I've been driving a manual over 13yrs, many of which in sports cars. The RX8 is not my first sports car and certainly not my first manual.
04-28-2008, 05:50 PM
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^^I just rev it up and take off. On my driving test I drove an auto. Parents taught me the manual tranny. They never showed me the e-brake method. Seems like a good idea tho. 
04-28-2008, 06:19 PM
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My driving instructor didn't teach me since the car was an auto. I taught myself. The e-brake trick seemed like a kludge so I figured out what the correct amount of gas and clutch and got good at doing it quickly.
Really, once you figure out the start of the friction zone, it's just a matter of getting there, letting off the brake pedal and then modulating throttle and clutch appropriately.
Really, once you figure out the start of the friction zone, it's just a matter of getting there, letting off the brake pedal and then modulating throttle and clutch appropriately.
04-29-2008, 05:11 PM
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I'm curious at the responses... I wasn't referring to 'holding' a car on a hill.
A hill start. You get in your car, turn it on and have to drive up a hill. I had to do this as part of my driving test and learnt how to do this from a qualified instructor.
How did your driving instructors teach you to do hill starts?
A hill start. You get in your car, turn it on and have to drive up a hill. I had to do this as part of my driving test and learnt how to do this from a qualified instructor.
How did your driving instructors teach you to do hill starts?
Driving schools don't really teach MT much anymore, just basic rules of the road.
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04-30-2008, 10:51 AM
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04-30-2008, 11:33 AM
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Steep hills
I would use the E-Brake if in traffic on a steep hill at a stop light/sign if there is an idiot in an automatic behind me who has crawled up to within a foot of my car otherwise it really isn't necessary after you have learned to drive MT.
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