That’s the clutch and break you fucking idiot.
They won't teach you this in Drivers Ed
Submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to [deleted]
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spacesweedkid27@lemmy.world 2 years ago
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 years ago
It’s a brake, you fucking idiot
0ops@lemm.ee 2 years ago
I needa take a brake from the internet, you fucking idiots
bruh420@lemmy.world 2 years ago
The image shows the clutch and brake being pressed though…
GiovaMC@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Probably a gen-z trying to make jokes about cars.
Zehzin@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Turn the car off, shift to 4th gear, press break, break and windshield wiper, then turn it back on to enter Service Mode
mbp@lemmy.sdf.org 2 years ago
You joke but my old FJ Cruiser requires you to turn the key to accessory, turn it off, turn the key back to accessory, open and close the door three times, turn the key back off, turn the key to accessory while holding the odometer reset button for 5 seconds and then it will enter pairing mode for the remote fob.
It made me feel the same joy as pressing the option on my Android phone 5 times to enter development mode back in the mid 2010s but it gets old quick.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 years ago
And for this next trick, we will dance the macarena while reciting the alphabet backwards and jumping on one foot!
CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 years ago
That sounds like the automotive hokey-pokey I had to do with my 06 corolla for the key fob.
criticon@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
We need to test a vehicle on a dynamometer and to get the transmission into dyno mode it was something like that, press brake 3 times, press the button on the shift selector twice, move to neutral then reverse 3 times, etc, it was a super long combo. It was so satisfying to see the CAN message that we entered test mode
flappy@lemm.ee 2 years ago
On for three seconds. Off for five seconds. On for three seconds. (rinse repeat)
CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I have a motorcycle that uses a keyfob, there’s a sequence of events using the stop-run switch and the turn signals so you can enter a code and get the bike to start.
lugal@lemmy.world 2 years ago
If you press the gas pedal long enough, you see a rewind of your life
UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 2 years ago
But if you press the brake too hard, it’ll break… Sorry :(
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 years ago
On a Mac it’s way more intuitive than this. You just … hold on, I have to look it up again.
weird_nugget@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Shift+CMD+3 is not that hard to remember
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 years ago
And what does that do exactly? Take a snapshot of the whole screen or just a selected portion? And does it copy to the clipboard or create a file? And where is the file? That shit actually is hard to remember, especially if you don’t do it every day. And it is in no sense of the word “intuitive”.
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 2 years ago
My dad used to yell at me for trying to drive like this when I was a teenager!
Somehow my brain decided that if I needed to drive slower then I should just add some brakes instead of just letting off the gas…
That lasted about a week lol
dingus@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I’ve always heard that this is how a lot of the “wrong pedal” accidents go. Two foot drivers get panicked in an accident and slam on both the gas and the brakes at the same time. I feel like the brake should be able to override the gas though. But I’ve never tried it and am not about to lol.
grue@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I feel like the brake should be able to override the gas though.
“Override” in the sense of pushing the brake pedal cancelling the accelerator input signal? No.
“Overpower” in the sense of the brakes being able to apply more force to stop the wheels from turning than the engine at full throttle is able to apply to keep them turning? Yes.
Steve@startrek.website 2 years ago
In many cars, they don’t.
Tinks@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I’m actually terrified of doing this in an automatic because I’ve been driving a manual so long. Nobody is making manuals anymore so I assume my next car will be an automatic and I’m going to need a strap for my left foot so I can’t accidentally do this lol.
Last time I drove an automatic I put it in reverse when I got to a stop sign because my hand just went for it and pushed the same amount I would in my car to get to neutral. That was the day that I learned both that the button on automatic shifters means nothing, and that I must sit on my right hand when driving one.
That muscle memory is a hell of a thing
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Nah, just tell him you’re trying to keep the turbo spooled up.
fosho@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
why do people insist on talking relatively recent content and plagiarizing it mere days later? karma is even less meaningful here. what is the point?
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 2 years ago
I think it’s not Lemmy users plagiarising each other, it’s different Lemmy users plagiarising the same Reddit content.
fosho@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
yeah I’m sure you’re right about that
andrefsp@lemmy.world 2 years ago
True! But only the Teslas do this
TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Do Tesla transmissions also spontaneously combust?
tuxtey@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Only if possessed
Decoy321@lemmy.world 2 years ago
And if you take your shifter and go up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, brake, gas, you’ll add 30 months back onto your warranty!
joswilldo@lemmy.world 2 years ago
This is an emergency stop
ABC123itsEASY@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Shouldn’t you pretty much always do this when coming to a stop in a manual??
viking@infosec.pub 2 years ago
Yes, that’s how I learned it in driving school as well. You can decelerate using the brake only, but once your speed drops below ~25 kmh / ~15 mph you should use the clutch simultaneously to not kill the engine. And it’s not harmful to use the clutch already on higher speeds since all it does is disconnect the gears - though leaving it engaged while you are not using gas means that the load on the gearbox helps to decelerate a bit faster.
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 2 years ago
When coming to a full stop, you may as well, but you could also put the car into neutral for the last bit of braking. Depressing the clutch allows you to quickly get back to driving again (in case you need to respond to traffic around you) but when you’re parking on a driveway you don’t really need that kind of response.
creditCrazy@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Idk if I’m being elitist or flexing the fact that I’m poor but as a stick shift driver in the state of Vermont I often did this in winter to get the heat going granted I always had the clutch down as well
SmoothIsFast@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I think you’re flexing the fact that you have three legs tbh.
Life pro tip, you don’t have to push the clutch if you’re in neutral.
co209@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Left toe on clutch, right heel on brake, right toe on gas. Good for revving the car at the traffic light if the engine’s cold or if you’re a jackass.
VinnieFarsheds@lemmy.world 2 years ago
You don’t have a third leg?
randon31415@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I had an old car whose engine would die if it didn’t get gas, so you would always be giving it a bit of gas at all times. When you came to a stop, you had to push slightly down on the gas and all the way down on the brake, otherwise the engine would shut off.
Also would allow you to take the key out of the ignition while the car was running and it would keep running so you could unlock house doors with your keys. My parents actually sent it into the shop to “fix” that. I still don’t know why they spent money to get rid of a feature. Were they afraid I would leave it on without the keys? The engine would just die without someone to push down on the gas petal.
Eyelessoozeguy@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I had a car that needed gas, and was a stick shift. I called the technique three footing. Basically I jammed my heel on the brake and raked my toes on the gas pedal to keep the engine running at a light or stop sign.
piranhaphish@lemmy.world 2 years ago
The infotainment system in my friend’s truck would periodically get wonky and he would have to pull over, turn the truck off, wait a minute, then turn it back on.
We always joked that he had to do a Ctrl-Alt-Brake Pedal.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 years ago
With my face on the windshield? Idk I don’t drive
RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Why do it want to do this?
Nintendo@lemmy.world 2 years ago
you can share your screenshot with the mechanic before you go in for repairs
ShadowCatEXE@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
For the record, in 99% of driving scenarios, you probably don’t want to press the brake and gas at the same time. For the 1%, you can do something called brake boosting. This is where on turbo cars, you brake to maintain a slower speed, at the same time you press the gas to spool up the turbo, which results in you having little to no turbo lag while racing.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
You would also do this momentarily when starting from a stop on a steep upward incline, like certain San Francisco street intersections. Get the gas going slightly while holding the brake, then ease off to move forward without rolling back. Because the guy behind you is always too close for comfort.
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 2 years ago
To perform an emergency stop (or a full stop in general, I suppose). The picture shows the brake pedal and the clutch pedal being pressed, not the gas and the brakes; you can see the accelerator to the right.
If you don’t free the clutch while coming to a stop, you’ll probably damage your car. This is especially important in scenarios where you can’t reliably shift down fast enough to keep up with the car’s deceleration, for example when doing an emergency stop.
In normal braking scenarios you probably want to keep the clutch engaged until you hit a low RPM (where the engine running without acceleration is trying to accelerate the car, rather than braking on engine power alone). That way, if you need to accelerate to evade, you can do so quickly without connecting the clutch first.
Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 years ago
In an automatic car. It’s a good way to do a burn out provided the engine has enough torque and the breaking is biased to the front.
jarfil@lemmy.world 2 years ago
and the breaking is biased to the front.
What does that mean, the front falls off?
mlg@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Now I kinda wish there’s some equivalent graphic of someone doing heel-toe so you’d see all 3 pedals being mashed lol.
vocornflakes@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Probably better for your car than just the brake and gas as well
Johandea@feddit.nu 2 years ago
That’s the clutch and brake pedals…
synapse1278@lemmy.world 2 years ago
USA citizen having no clue about the existence of manual gear-box in vehicles, probably.
netburnr@lemmy.world 2 years ago
US stick driver here, equally disappointed in the picture.
Hildegarde@lemmy.world 2 years ago
They just added the caption. If the creator of this were capable of making the drawing, they would do something more with their life than memes.
You can’t find an image of pushing the brake and throttle at the same time on wikihow.
Lemonparty@lemm.ee 2 years ago
I haven’t driven a stick in over a decade and this meme upsets me.
Pavidus@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I think you drastically underestimate the number of gearheads in the States. Makes sense, given we have incredibly limited public transport. Currently have 3 manuals in my driveway.
elscallr@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Am US citizen, only drive manual transmissions. Anyone here who likes cars can drive a manual transmission, anyone who doesn’t like cars doesn’t give a shit about a manual transmission and just wants to get where they’re going.
We invented cars, we’re allowed to decide how they evolve.
GreenMario@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Yeah well it’s hard when you hear all your life if you mess up once you blow the transmission,.which is a several grand repair, nobody with a manual will ever let you practice on their car and well hey automatics are everywhere and don’t have that headache.
HootinNHollerin@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Geez you are pitiful
vsh@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Who needs a manual for daily commuting in 2023?
Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Third pedal is there tho
smeg@feddit.uk 2 years ago
The fools, this actually reboots the car into safe mode!
synapse1278@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Joke appart, this is the proper way to do an emergency braking.
WarmSoda@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Exactly. They take a screenshot.