Rozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoHe'll be living with this for the rest of his lifelemmy.worldimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1645arrow-down138
arrow-up1607arrow-down1imageHe'll be living with this for the rest of his lifelemmy.worldRozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareBottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down5·5 months agoI also drive a stick, put the car in gear when you get to the light.
minus-squareSpikesOtherDog@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down4·5 months agoI try to put it in gear shortly before the light changes, but sometimes the light is long and I don’t want to just ride my clutch while I sit there for a minute or more.
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·5 months agoBeing clutched out is not “riding the clutch”. You can safely do that. “Riding the clutch” is when the clutch is used as “hill assistant” or as speed control at low speeds.
minus-squarealyth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThen shift into gear once the pedestrian’s light turns red or crossing traffic stops?
minus-squareSpikesOtherDog@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoI mean, I’m usually on top of it, but you can’t always game every light 100% of the time. Also, there’s no appeasing everyone.
I also drive a stick, put the car in gear when you get to the light.
I try to put it in gear shortly before the light changes, but sometimes the light is long and I don’t want to just ride my clutch while I sit there for a minute or more.
Being clutched out is not “riding the clutch”. You can safely do that.
“Riding the clutch” is when the clutch is used as “hill assistant” or as speed control at low speeds.
Then shift into gear once the pedestrian’s light turns red or crossing traffic stops?
I mean, I’m usually on top of it, but you can’t always game every light 100% of the time. Also, there’s no appeasing everyone.