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Originally Posted by Snoopyalien24
True I guess I can't say which one of the two, rather, do you put a little gas then let go of the clutch or let the clutch go, while in motion give it gas. My friend's dad, who is a truck driver, and my dad, who is also a truck driver (but locally) say when inclined, or stuck in traffic, they do that.
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I would say clutch out then gas. I remembered when I was trying to stop on the speed bump, I was doing the rev and then let go the clutch and failed miserably trying to hold on a speed bump. In fact, it is hard to stop on speed bump since the slope is fairly small. Once you miss it, you miss it.
On a flat ground with no car around, shift in gear and try releasing the clutch slowly without rev to let the car find the engaging point to move forward like an AT car. Remember that position on your left foot and stop and try again. Once you remember that position at your left foot on that car, you know that when you need to release the clutch, you will move your foot to that position and then release it.
If you rev and than release, you are messing with the gears/cranks by not finding the correct engaging point on the clutch. You see, since you rev a bit and then release the clutch, once you pass the point, the engine will engage, although with some force due to rev, and off you go. However, you will not find the correct engaging point to release the clutch and you are doing it wrong.
Driving a MT is fun because you can do different things, even without stepping gas pedal, to move your car. For example, when I am backing out on my driveway, I do not even need to gas it because I just release the clutch correctly and I can move the car backward. It slowly picks up the speed and I can back out the driveway without pressing the gas (if the situation permits with no cars around, of course). When you go down hill, just release the clutch correctly and you will get moving quite a bit without gas. When you go up-hill, you may need to use e-brake to stop the car, release the clutch and press gas to gain some momentum and then release the e-brake to move forward. (or just have enough space to move back ward and quickly release the clutch and gas it to move forward....)