best way to conquer hills from a stop?
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Taught both my son and daughter to drive a stick and one of the things I made them learn was the ebrake method. Many stops in the middle of a steep hill until they learned to start up smoothly. The advantage of the ebrake to a new driver, or one unfamiliar with hills, is there is no fear of rolling backward. You can hold the car on the hill with only the ebrake so one only has to learn coordination of the clutch and throttle.
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avoid jones and that hill by the life sciences building haha. i had my s2k in morgantown when i went there. you get used to it very quickly. fyi, dont leave your s2k overnight in bent willeys back parking lot. wvu ftmfw.
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Originally Posted by mikegarrison,Aug 18 2007, 10:58 PM
Dude, I've been in Jersey. You guys back East have no clue what actual hills are. There are several hills in downtown Seattle where you will break the rears loose if you try to launch it without the e-brake (especially if the road is wet).
(I've also been in the Midwest, and you guys don't have hills either. Of course you don't have to use the e-brake on the gentle slopes you guys think are hills.)
(I've also been in the Midwest, and you guys don't have hills either. Of course you don't have to use the e-brake on the gentle slopes you guys think are hills.)
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Originally Posted by Woodson,Aug 20 2007, 01:59 PM
Plenty of hills here. I've never used the parking brake to help me get going. Haven't burned out my clutch yet either. Unless the hills in Seattle are like the hills in San Francisco, I just don't see a need for it.
If I were ever sitting on a slope and the person in front of me rolled back enough to use my front bumper as a holder for their car, I'd most definitely chase em down and give them a solid piece of my mind. One scratch, crack, or mark and I'll be on the phone with the police in a heartbeart to make sure no cost comes out of my pocket.
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I would like to see how you guys do it without the Ebrake. When I use the ebrake my actions are much more relaxed, and I don't feel rushed at all. I don't burn my clutch like I would think the foot brakers do. I'll make a comparison vid of the ebrake trick if someone wants to shoot there foot brake one. We will let others be the judge of witch is worse on the car.
