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Wait, what? You... start your car in neutral? Like... with the clutch out? I have never actually tried that. I will have to experiment next time I am in my
by mulmen 5y ago
Wait, what? You... start your car in neutral? Like... with the clutch out? I have never actually tried that. I will have to experiment next time I am in my car.
On the other hand my 1990 Honda motorcycle must be in neutral to start (there is no clutch position switch) and I don't use the clutch there. Very handy because people love to sit on it for selfies when I park it and they tend to jam it into gear while crawling on it. I assume it is in neutral (I always park that way) and if I hit the starter in gear it would shoot across the street. Thinking about it I suppose that protects me from bumping the starter while riding as well.
- rightbyte 5y agoBe advised that you increase the risk of driving off accidentally at start by just being in neutral. The clutch is a good double safe that you feel the whole time whkle starting where as the gear is just a check in advance that you can mess up.
- mulmen 5y agoI always put the clutch in when starting my car. On the bike I trust the neutral switch, which you are right, I shouldn’t. It had to be in neutral to park but no guarantee randos haven’t crawled on it. So far the switch did it’s job.
- rightbyte 5y agoYe I believe that fundamentally the check "am I pressing the clutch down" is simpler than "did I put in neutral" when cranking since the former requires no memory.
- mulmen 5y agoIn case the future internet cares I tried this in my 2010 BMW and with the transmission in neutral and the clutch out the car will turn on but not start until the clutch is depressed.