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…

  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 days ago

    I killed the engine of my moms car a dozen times until I learned how to engage it.
    Later in driving school I learned it a bit more until I manage to drive al sorts of cars at work.

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      11 days ago

      That’s fine. I rode a Vespa for two years with a manual transmission before I did my car license, so I had the basics of throttle, clutch and shifting figured out way before my first lesson. Although I consider myself a pretty skilled driver, my first hour with a pretty easy to drive manual car included lots of stalling the engine. I learned how to get moving on an incline and also reverse parallel parking that same day, which was a little strange.