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For a group of people supposedly primarily in the SV area this is a scary comment thread. I learned to drive stick in the Bay Area and the way everyone I know
by CobaltFire 4y ago
For a group of people supposedly primarily in the SV area this is a scary comment thread.
I learned to drive stick in the Bay Area and the way everyone I know there drives stick on an incline is to use the parking brake with a second hand when letting off the brake and letting out the clutch.
Now, when you get good you can stop doing this for most, but for really steep streets (I now live in San Diego and we have a couple; Laurel being one) it’s still an excellent skill to have.
- tharkun__ 4y agoYou should go drive a bit in (some parts of) Spain! Not sure if something like this exists where you are. Imagine: Small towns, really narrow one way streets with foot traffic and underground parking. Getting out of some of those underground car parks is scary stuff! You get onto a steep incline to get out of the car park but you come around a corner onto that. Cars might be coming down towards you at this point and they're sometimes hard to see. It's cramped too. So you can't just take it w/ speed to get up there. Also on the top you have pedestrians on your side, so you might need to stop on the incline, then when pedestrians have scurried away, go a little further but not directly onto the street until you can actually see if cars are coming. Half your car is still on the incline at that point.
- CobaltFire 4y agoI haven't been to Europe but I did live in Japan, which has some... interesting roads.