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Originally Posted by fridayfrs
When on an incline I use neutral and the (foot) brake. I only had to prove I could hold the car without braking assistance. I understand and respect your opinion but I just don't share it. I don't roll back at stops if I do it's minimal and certainly nothing close to 20cm. I've never rolled into even the most determined tailgater and I've been at this over 25 years. What works for me or you may not work for the next person. I would be a hazard trying to use the hand brake (aka emergency brake). I would bet most folks who learned manual before hand brakes don't not use it either.
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You'd fail your UK driving test doing that. Of course having passed their test most people do what you describe (BTW here if you take the test in an auto you're not allowed to drive a manual, but hardly anybody has an auto).
25 years of driving, and I've only driven an auto once and didn't like it very much. But I still struggled with this car. Thanks to the high bite point (better when you adjust it), lack of clutch feel and the way the throttle pedal seems to go from 0 to 90% in 1/2 inch of travel it's the most difficult manual car I've driven and the first few weeks I was kangarooing out of junctions like a learner.
