I have a Maruti 800 Car. I am learning to drive. When I am on inclined road, I have to stop the car due to traffic ahead. I apply the breaks and keep the car in first gear ny aplying clutch. Now when the traffic starts, when I remove the foot from the break to put it on accelator, the car moves behind in reverse, it may hit the vehicle behind. What is the best way to operate in such a situation?
2007-06-10 21:48:57 · 7 answers · asked by VD 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
As you observe the need to stop, do all mirror check, bring car to halt with brakes in gear you are in. Do not change down.
Use handbrake to secure car on incline.
Select neutral.
Release clutch.
Maintain observation.
Anticipate forward movement.
When ready to move do all mirror check.
Depress clutch.
Select first gear.
Using a balance of clutch and accelerator giving slightly (and carefully) extra revs, with one hand on the wheel, the other on the handbrake, as the power is taken up the rear of the car dips slightly.
At this point with the correct balance of clutch and accelerator the car will be stationary, moving neither forwards or backwards.
Do all mirror check, release handbrake, finish transferring power to wheels through clutch and move off.
2007-06-10 22:42:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is really a dance step and takes practice.
At the stop on the hill, put the car in neutral, and keep you foot
on the brake at all times.
When the light changes / or cars start to move:
keep your foot on the brake
clutch in - go into first and ease the clutch out
as the clutch starts to grab you no longer need the brake
move you foot to the gas slowly increase gas and roll uphill.
even after 35 years of driving a standard I will sometime dump the clutch too hard and stall. Course I am driving a pick up and the rear torque is different then a car, empty I have got no weight over the back end and that is a problem on hills.
Just practice on an empty hill till you feel good about it.
2007-06-10 22:03:32 · answer #2 · answered by Carl P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK first, when you come to a stop, get off the clutch. Don't wait for the traffic to move with the clutch depressed. NEVER have your feet on the clutch more than 5 seconds at a time (give or take few second).
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If you are new to stick shift, try applying hand brakes to keep the car from rolling back. Then as your apply gas, gently get lower the hand brake. Eventually as you get better you should be able to apply gas without hand brakes.
2007-06-10 21:55:20 · answer #3 · answered by Lover not a Fighter 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My usual way of handling this situation is once stopped on the incline apply the parking brake,when its time to go let the clutch out enough to just start grabbing then release the park brake and engage the clutch the rest of the way,practice this a few times (with nobody behind you) and you'll be driving in hilly areas like a pro in no time.
2007-06-10 22:16:11 · answer #4 · answered by techie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there, If that had been me, with that "owner" it would have taken all my control not to "bop" her one. After saving her dog's life, she should have thanked you, not harrassed you. That shows how much she cares for her dog. She should have no pets at all, as far as I am concerned. Letting an animal out unsupervised on a travelled road is borderline cruelty to animals. Having read so many of your answers here on YA, I know how much animals mean to you, and what great care you give them. I, like you stop for turtles and other little critters in the road, and put them back onto a safer place whenever possible. We are the guardians of animals, and as such need to protect them. I don't blame you for being "pissed". I would be also, thinking that this little dog could have been killed by someone who didn't care or wasn't paying attention. You did the absolutely right thing. There is not a question in my mind. Bravo! Would that everyone acted the way you did. That would make the world a lot brighter, in my opinion. The way we treat animals certainly reflects on what kind of humans we are.( paraphrasing Ghandi) Troublesniffer A passionate animal lover
2016-05-17 07:00:07 · answer #5 · answered by randee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a hand operated parking brake, try this:
Transmission in first, clutch in. Right foot on brake. Lift up to apply parking brake, keeping release button depressed (pushed in).
Give a little gas, slowly release clutch until you can feel it start to engage, or engine slows (letting you know drive is taking up), and slowly release parking brake, while giving it more gas and clutch.
It does take practice, though.
2007-06-10 22:00:43 · answer #6 · answered by strech 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always apply parking break on a hill. To move off (up hill)apply a little gas, ease up clutch until it begins to engage and then take off parking break.
2007-06-10 21:55:28 · answer #7 · answered by Roger B 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are going to burn out your clutch shortly.
When you drop $1500 for a new clutch, you will stop riding it!
2007-06-11 03:24:42 · answer #8 · answered by dickdamick 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋