Manual transmission

[Kar98]

LOL, I always use the parking brake for taking off any time there's a detectable incline ;)

It's the skilled driver's hill-assist feature :D

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Kar98

LOL, I always use the parking brake for taking off any time there's a detectable incline ;)

It's the skilled driver's hill-assist feature :D

I should have proofread my previous post before posting . Leaving out a few words changes the whole meaning. I left out 'without using the parking brake' at the end of the 'PDG sentence'. Re clutch wear, using the parking brake probably is better than not using the parking brake. In past cars, especially my Suzuki, I could stay at a standstill in gear on a pretty good incline and have no 'backward lag' on launch...and I've been fortunate enough to never have to replace a clutch (with two of those seven MT cars going over 195k miles and three of them over 150k miles. I was worried about backward lag on that ramp because of the guy behind me...almost right on my bumper. IMO, the only state worse than Texas re tailgating on the road (including the hunt for parking spaces) is Florida. Neither Texas (at least re major population centers) nor Florida is a hotbed of encountering these situations.....I don't know if that is good or bad . One doesn't have to think about it much, but there's not as much opportunity to keep the skill in practice.