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Originally Posted by kannibul You're not supposed to "ride" the clutch, as in, keeping the car in gear but the clutch pushed in to keep the engine disengauged. But, a

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Old 09-09-2009, 08:23 AM   #27 (permalink)
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You're not supposed to "ride" the clutch, as in, keeping the car in gear but the clutch pushed in to keep the engine disengauged.

But, a lot of people do it, and it tends to not cause any major issues.

So, in other words, don't do it, try and get into the habit of dropping out of 1st gear into neutral when you don't need to move the car under power...and release the clutch so there's no pressure on the bearing and so on.


But, if you don't, it's not the end of the world - just like washing your car is a good idea...
I think I'm screwing up. I get caught in alot of stop-and-go traffic and right now I'm keeping the car in first and letting the clutch in about half way to get it rolling and then disengaging the clutch fully by putting the petal to the floor.

If i don't do it this way...then how do I deal with stop and go traffic? I can't just leave the car in first because if i come to a stop I'll stall out. I also dont seem to travel far enough to want to engage the clutch fully (example: I need to move about 5-10ft before i have to stop again).

Should I instead go ahead and engage the clutch fully and then just throw the car back into neutral?

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