Off topic but I'm really happy I'm seeing more and more mastodon screenshots instead of Twitter. Also helps me find new peeps to follow.
Don’t you use the handbrake for a hill start? Kinda awkward stepping on both the brake and gas pedals while one foot is on the clutch.
No, I hold down the clutch and the brake, then slowly start releasing the clutch, and when the engine starts struggling I release the brake and jump to the gas pedal to get more revs in, release the clutch all the way, and hopefully start moving forward instead of stalling the engine.
Or just hold the brake, put in gear, then release the brake, rev up the engine to 3k rpm and release the clutch. Not as good for the motor and gearbox but faster lol
Edit: Ya'll, if one knows what they do, and knows the car, speeding the motor up to a specific amount, often 2-2.5k rpm, and releasing the clutch a specific amount, takes less time than gravity needs to overcome the inertia. I'm almost always literally starting while practically still standing, because it takes ~0.1 second to do said things, if you know the car and its sweet spots.
https://giphy.com/gifs/f1-car-smoking-6yxmDC0iysMyeCy01M
why is embedding gifs so hard
Flashback to my Del Sol where I had to brake+heel tap the accelerator to downshift. Still took less coordination than using a damn touch screen infotainment system
There are a few possibilities:
Instructions unclear, I pressed the clutch also and my car booted into engineering mode.
Old school way to do a burnout with an automatic transmission.
Beyond the triune screenshots of twitter, reddit, and tumblr, a new challenger appears (albeit in the shadow of Twitter). That challenger is Mastadon. What does this foretell for the discourse?