Hey everyone, I am in my final year of college at West Virginia University. I leave in two days and was wondering the best way to conquer the hills they have there. Ive always driven automatic so hills havent been a problem since I live in Northern VA. Morgantown is basically all hills. I plan on practicing all day tomorrow, is there any advice you guys can give on me so that I dont roll back into the person behind me when im at a light or in traffic??

 

Practice practice practice... thats pretty much it. Some people use the e-brake to kind of ease this and less strain on the clutch if your in stop and go traffic on a steep incline for a long time. I have never tried this concept.

Once you have to drive on hills for awhile, you will just get used to it and it will be second nature .

 

E-brake, especially if the road is wet. Just pull up on it with your thumb on the button. As you take your foot off the brake and put it on the gas, let the e-brake hold the car. Give it some gas as you let out the clutch. When you feel the car starting to pull forward, let off the e-brake. This is a timing and feel thing.

If someone clueless has pulled up really close to you, and your bumpers match, it's also possible to ease backwards on the hill and then let them hold you as you start out. That's only something I've done once or twice in the last 20 years, but it's better than rolling into them.

 

why would you do that though? you should be able to hold the car on a hill using just the clutch and possibly slight throttle modulation...

 

e-brake like what the other's have said
or you could always practice by throttling while releasing the clutch out slowly
just practice and you should be fine
by for now ebrake would be best for ya

 

What mike said. When in stop and go uphill I may let the car creep back a couple inches in a controlled manner just to wake up the person behind me and remind them to give me some room (just make sure you have enough space for such schnanigans). Otherwise every time we move forward and stop again they are practically parking in my trunk.

 

just practice

i never bother to use the ebrake unless the car behind me is REALLY close (like within 1.5 foot or so???). Too lazy to pull the ebrake for hill starts hehe

 

I saw the e brake method before, dont I have to push the brake in to let the e brake out?? cuz if not it'd seem really easy to push the clutch in and push the gas and then let out the e brake.

 

Nope, you don't need to hit the brake to release the ebrake.

 

Theres moment in the whole clutch where if you release it enough, without actually letting it completely go, you can feel the car start to move on its own in first gear.....

thats what u wanna do on hills.......ease ur foot off the clutch enough to feel the car either moving forward or neither moving forward or backward on hills



practice makes perfect, cuz even i to this day still let off the clutch a bit much and end up stalling out lol.....

but trust me, familiarize yourself with this neutral point in your clutch....it'll work wonders on your back bumber