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

I'm suddenly reminded of some ai-death clock site I saw recently. It predicted my death on May 13st.

i miss my stick

The perfect transmission UI was the Teletouch on the Ford Edsel. And if anyone tries to argue I'll say "nuh uh," run away, and cry.

Lol that handbrake start is utterly useless if you live anywhere that's actually hilly all over.

You've got to learn the proper clutchwork from the very start or you'll be taking years on every hill.

Unless you're starting from a cold start on a hill without ABS, I guess it could a safety precaution.

I've always had a manual car. I love them. That is until I ended up dating a younger woman and we moved in together. Several years later the manual turned into the second car only I drove. That got sold and we now have two cars she can drive.

One day I might teach her how to drive manual. We live in a really flat area with no major hills, so it shouldn't be a problem. One day maybe,

Bought a new car last fall and looked everywhere for a manual, they are indeed getting rare in the US. Ended up with a Jeep Gladiator sport because it's a convertible 4x4 with a stick shift and so far the driving experience has been nice. You can tell Stellantis cheaps out on some of the plastic trim stuff and we'll see just how reliable it is after a few years. Would be sweet if Toyota would make a convertible or T-top 4runner with a stick shift in the US.