Riding the clutch in a yaris

[peckerhead]

Originally Posted by Sparcoboy

A clutch doesn't wear even a little bit by keeping the pedal depressed, only the throwoutbearing will get some extra wear on it, but on a Toyota they're built strong enough to last the lifetime of the car.

Nonsense.

[Jabro]

Originally Posted by peckerhead

Nonsense.

Peckerhead, mechanically speaking I have to disagree with you. So long as the clutch is fully disengaged, no friction will be occurring whatsoever, equating to zero wear. Having the clutch fully depressed on a neutral incline shouldn't do any more damage than having the car in neutral. Now on an incline, that changes if your holding it at the "sweet spot", because the clutch is no longer disengaged and is encountering friction.

[Kal-El]

I admit that I never use the handbrake while driving. When stopped on an incline, I'm in neutral with the brakes depressed, and then balance the clutch and gas to proceed from a stop to prevent rollback. In other instances, I ride it briefly while in reverse. I think these practices are normal.

My original clutch works perfect with 132,000 miles on it.

[DebbyM46227]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

I admit that I never use the handbrake while driving. When stopped on an incline, I'm in neutral with the brakes depressed, and then balance the clutch and gas to proceed from a stop to prevent rollback. In other instances, I ride it briefly while in reverse. I think these practices are normal.

My original clutch works perfect with 132,000 miles on it.

That's what I do when stopped on a hill. Thankfully, we don't have many hills where I live as it always seems someone is stopped behind me as close as they can get! So there's no margin for rollback errors without hitting someone!

When I learned to shift gears, I never was taught to use the handbrake. That's only used when parked.