If you’re on a steep hill, yes sometimes you need to use the handbrake to get moving. This had to be demonstrated when I got my licence, but to be fair some manual vehicles now have automatic hill start. Still a good technique to learn because it doesn’t always activate.
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sartalon@lemmy.world 2 days agoI was going to say, I always had my e-brake on when I parked my car and so I always started the car with it on.
Does he mean slowly let off the clutch while releasing the e-brake? Does he put on his e-brake if he stops on a hill, in traffic too!
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Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’ve had to use the ebrake method before for a hill that was wayyyy too steep and a fence gate closed behind me.
You basically just let off the clutch and press on the gas until the car wants to move forward, then you let off the e brake and go without going backwards.
exasperation@lemm.ee 1 day ago
There are some steep stop sign intersections in San Francisco that I’ve had to use the e brake for.
thebigslime@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Seattle, too. VW Vanagon Westphalia with the kitchenette and poptop. Heavy, gutless, and steep roads are a tricky combo.
sartalon@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s when you are supposed to use Mr_Mofu’s technique!
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
that’s mr mr.mofu to you, kind sir.