Driving manual uphill

[veezy_91]

Hey guys,

Noob question! when driving manual uphill, what techniques do you guys use?

i've been driving manual for about a month now, love it, but driving uphill gets me everytime! i always find myself using the friction point to get me up, but i don't think it's good for the clutch as it'd wear it out quicker. So yeah, any tips and suggestions would be useful right now!

[EKVTIR-T]

Do you mean like a driveway or a long upward road?

Either way just use the appropriate gear and feather the gas gently

1st gear for driveways usually

[TbM]

Hey guys,

Noob question! when driving manual uphill, what techniques do you guys use?

i've been driving manual for about a month now, love it, but driving uphill gets me everytime! i always find myself using the friction point to get me up, but i don't think it's good for the clutch as it'd wear it out quicker. So yeah, any tips and suggestions would be useful right now!

what? you hill start (http://www.2pass.co.uk/hill.htm#.UI3rE9cY1lk) then go up the hill in a low enough gear not to struggle your engine, if your riding the clutch all the time you gonna have a bad time.

[veezy_91]

Well yesterday, i was stuck in traffic on a very steep hill. So i'd go up, stop, then go up again. It was a struggle, but i got up using the friction point. Just next time i'm in that situation though, i'd hate to be hurting my clutch like that

[void-]

Lean out window with bed sheet and hope for an up draft wind

[dougie_504]

Handbrake start if you dont want to keep riding your clutch

[lolmclol]

Well yesterday, i was stuck in traffic on a very steep hill. So i'd go up, stop, then go up again. It was a struggle, but i got up using the friction point. Just next time i'm in that situation though, i'd hate to be hurting my clutch like that

Take your time, don't care about the other people behind you, as long as you don't overdo it and slam into the person in front, or roll back and slam into the person behind I'm pretty sure people won't mind the extra few seconds or so you'll take doing it.

If not, locate find a hill in a quiet area and just practise.

[trism]

This thread is strange.

Dont worry about what people tell you on the internet, just do it the way you feel comfortable.

If youre in slow moving traffic going up a slope, then ride the clutch, youre not gassing it hard, just enough to keep moving, so thats fine.

[lolmclol]

Lean out window with bed sheet and hope for an up draft wind

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hh9HzyPVSxw/SCXG8_Mkx9I/AAAAAAAABcQ/tya5bIwmcxU/s400/tarp2.jpg

[void-]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hh9HzyPVSxw/SCXG8_Mkx9I/AAAAAAAABcQ/tya5bIwmcxU/s400/tarp2.jpg

lost my shit

LMZO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[curtis265]

You have no choice but to ride it a bit harder than you would on a flat

no way around this :(

if you can smell clutch you're riding it too much.

[veezy_91]

Thanks for the advice guys. Guess i'll be driving around some hills after work lol

[Indie]

Yeah, just... practice? Before I ever drove anywhere outside my neighbourhood, I'd practised handbrake starts constantly in a loop near my house. I didn't drive in unfamiliar areas or on steep hills until i was confident in my technique. Perhaps just get more practice in a quiet area before you take to the road.

[CRXDEL501]

lost my shit

LMZO!!!!!!!!!!!!


Is that a drag car?

I want one

[DreadAngel]

Handbrake start if you dont want to keep riding your clutch

This...

Also do you have a sprung/full face clutch? Or you using a button/puk/unsprung?

Having the latter makes daily driving like what you're talking about... Fun lol

As does a lightweight flywheel for that matter...