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Originally Posted by extrashaky

I had to, but not the same way being described here.

When I was growing up, we had British sports cars. A large part of my learning was done in my dad's MGB. That car had a racing cam in it that put all the torque in the higher RPMs and next to nothing at low RPMs, because once you got going on a track you didn't really need low RPM torque. I don't really know why he chose that cam for a vehicle that never saw a track. He also had it leaned out to the point that it wouldn't idle; you had to feather the gas pedal at red lights to keep it running. And we lived on a hill.

In that car, when you came to a stop on a hill and put your right foot on the brake, the car would quit. You had to heel-toe the gas and brake to keep it running. The handbrake was there but not really a great option because the ratchet that locked it tended to catch when you tried to release it, screwing up the pedal dance you were doing to get it moving. I couldn't get the throttle right for taking off with my heel, so I would have to heel-toe the gas, then quickly move my toe off the brake to the gas pedal, give it a lot of gas and let the clutch out fairly quickly.

Luckily I lived on a quiet street with very little traffic, so I had a place to practice. Driving that thing made hill starts in the '59 Apache and the TR6 a breeze. The S10 that came later practically felt like it launched itself.

Can totally see how it would be required in that circumstance.