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Old 09-06-2009, 09:27 AM   #36 (permalink)
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If it is very slow stop&go with only few dozens of feet between stops, I suggest to get it rolling and then immediately depress the clutch again.
Let it roll with idle throttle and floored clutch and focus on braking towards your next stop with the right foot.
Driving very slowly with fully connected 1st gear might get it to stutter or even stall.
You can practice this as well on a parking lot.
Try to find out what the lowest speed/rpms are to drive safely with fully connected 1st and 2nd gear.
Below those you just give short torque impulses and leave the clutch depressed in between during rolls.
Going like this for extended periods of time can exhaust your left foot which has to depress the clutch most of the time.
In this case it is also possible to put the stick in neutral during roll phases to get the left foot some rest off the clutch.

Another skill worth practicing for new stickheads is to start rolling uphill.
You will need this at your first traffic light when going up a road with slope or someones driveway.
Try to hold your car still with clutch and throttle alone and then try to launch slowly from there without rolling backwards.
Increase the slope once you get a hang of it. At some point of steepness you will have to use the parking brake as well to prevent backward movement during the time from when your right foot leaves the brake until your clutch/torque combo can hold the car in place again or get it moving forward.
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