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Originally Posted by Chikna
I was driving home on highway this evening and for the first time I encountered a heavy traffic and I think there was a major accident. Anyway, traffic was moving slowly about 3 to 5 miles per hour (I used 1st gear) and a lot of time stop and go. I never practiced hill start, but today at one point car stalled on higher elevation (overpass) and after starting the car I couldn't move the car and started going backward and luckily the driver from behind honked so badly I could stop the car otherwise I would have hit him just about 1 feet gap. Again, I had to stop, but this time I used E-Brake and I could move the car more easily. I saw the driver behind me left me a lot of space. Thank God nothing happened and it took an hour to reach home rather than 15 minutes.
I guess manual/stick cars need more practice everyday. Geez, when will I be a pro?
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One aspect of being a "pro" is being able to modulate your car (back and forth controllably without going past set boundaries) on a steep incline. That implies you understand the mechanics of the clutch, understand where the bite point is, and have a solid grasp on the coordination between clutch and gas. Oh, and you can't use any form of a brake.
The BRZ doesn't have much torque down low (or anywhere for that matter) and the bite point is pretty vague and drawn out. This makes this exercise a bit trickier than with other cars. My Focus RS is a piece of cake in these situations....best clutch I've ever driven and gobs of torque. I can modulate it throttle-less on inclines.