Comment on I'll just take the bus
troglodytis@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Press the clutch with your left foot, slowly release it as you slowly press the accelerator with your right foot.
Comment on I'll just take the bus
troglodytis@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Press the clutch with your left foot, slowly release it as you slowly press the accelerator with your right foot.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 2 months ago
To be fair it is more complicated than that. You have to feel the car start to move, hear the revs react, adjust the rate at which you release the clutch and how much gas you give accordingly and for some vehicles/situations you even need to pause the release of the clutch for a moment to let the vehicle start to gain speed. It’s all something you eventually get used to and can do without thinking but there is a significant frustrating hump to get over in the learning curve.
I feel like those who say they don’t understand why people like driving manual are people who never got over that hump.
JordanZ@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Tja@programming.dev 2 months ago
On the other hand, I grew up driving manual, as most people in Europe, and my first time driving an automatic I was rolling up to the car rental exit and I pressed the brake as hard as I usually press the clutch. It was not fun for anyone in the car.
Then over the next few days of road trip, everyone else in the car had their turn at driving and we all did it 2 or 3 times, so it became an inside joke.
gedhrel@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You typically learn to feel the accelerator and brake with one foot but just engage the clutch (ie, all the finesse is letting the clutch out). But you know this. All your muscle memory works like that. When you switch to automatic, just use the one foot and it works much better.
You have probably already worked that out but it’s handy advice if you’re a passenger in an automatic with a first-time driver who is used to manual.