And where are you from? And how old? Not “do you” but just if you know how.

I’m in the US, mid 30s and can (and do) drive a manual transmission.

  • Hunter2
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    1 year ago

    Just pull the parking brake and accelerate until you feel the car slightly raising and then drop the parking brake.

    Eventually you get a feeling for it and drop the parking brake before it’s “fighting” the accelerator.

    This might sound trivial to some, but I know several people that never use the parking brake in these situations and instead do a manic race with their feet and the car drops a couple meters back and they over accelerate to compensate.

    • Neato
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      51 year ago

      Yes, this is how I do it. I also do this when reversing out of parking spaces. Because my car’s reverse requires pushing down on the stick and is close to 1st, I’ve saved myself from driving into polls a few times.

    • Dandroid
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      51 year ago

      The parking brake method is how I learned. But I grew up here, where you are always on a hill and always in stop and go traffic. So I eventually just give up on stick shift.

    • guyrocket
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      41 year ago

      Yeah, I learned the parking brake method.

      A couple meters, you say? Sounds like a great way to trash your transmission.

      • Hunter2
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        11 year ago

        A couple meters, you say? Sounds like a great way to trash your transmission.

        It drives (pun intended) me nuts, but they don’t listen to reason. And the worst of all, is that they got their license in a hilly town and say they weren’t taught that. While I learned in a flatter place and was taught this.

    • spam
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      21 year ago

      This is the way. Drove a tiny 4cyl manual in SF for way to long