My Volkswagen flashes a message when I put the key in the ignition; "Depress clutch to start"

So I tell it that the majority of Yanks don't know how to use it and it starts every time.

You guys do realize this is supposed to be a parody of boomer bullshit arguments right?

Laughs in Allison 18 spd

Oh good I got here before the lemmy fuck cars brigade showed up

When car companies start charging for heated seats.. that’s why I stop buying brand new cars and go for older ones

I have never owned a car with an automatic transmission, and I am proud of that fact

Handbrake start? Pffft.. what a noob.

It's called the parking brake and it's for parking. You have the pedal for when you're driving. You can use that while leaving from a hill, it's really not that difficult, you just hop from the brake pedal to the biting point on the clutch.

I mean it'd be sort of a bitch on the clutch if it's like a 40 degree hill and it's a rental and it's the first time you're even moving it at all and you've no idea of where the biting point is, but you should never be in a position where that's the very first time you drive a specific car. And after having driven a car once, you ought to know the biting point.

Thus, "handbrake start"? Noob shit.

• 3rd gen (former) taxi driver

edit my dad also taught me how to switch gears without the clutch without raping the gearbox. all about giving it a bit of gas while it's off gear to match the rpm's. it's rather trivial once you get the feel for it, but you need to understand the rpm range the gears can do obvs and not downshift while on high rpm or something like that