I’m practicing for my driving licence and I’m going to driving school, just out of curiosity though I’ve looking on YouTube how to start and run a car and I’ve seen at least 3 different methods, I dunno which one is the correct. Things like the order when you release a pedal or when you need to press the clutch keep switching…

  • Nibodhika@lemmy.world
    11·
    12 days ago
    • Put the gear in neutral (This prevents the car from trying to move when you turn the engine on)
    • Press the clutch and the break fully (Same as above, also some cars won’t turn on unless you fully press the clutch)
    • Turn engine on
    • Remove hand break
    • Put car in first (or reverse)
    • Slowly release the clutch until you feel the car is stable (this is not needed if the street is not inclined, or is inclined in the direction you want to go)
    • Release the break
    • Slowly release the clutch while slowly pressing the accelerator
      • essell@lemmy.world
        2·
        12 days ago

        🤔

        Press the foot brake in-between turning on the engine and releasing the handbrake?

        Only varient I can come up with because it makes no difference

    • palordrolap@fedia.io
      52·
      12 days ago

      While the word for a thing used for slowing and stopping a vehicle probably came from the word meaning “to destroy or cause to not work”, they are spelled differently, and may even have been pronounced differently at one point (assuming there aren’t any places which maintain a difference even now). The thing in a car is a brake.

      See also: “then” and “than” which have a similar kind of relationship, and “steak” and “stake” which don’t.