Hillstarts | Advanced Driving Technique 

This comment made my day. Thank you.

He's Canadian.

i think he just used advanced to get views. im learning how to do it without it.

+TheGanjaWizard I don't have three feet... If you're at a standstill, with right your foot on the brake. Take your right foot off the brake. Slowly disengage the clutch with your left foot, and then start to give it some gas with your right foot.

+milanmastracci I've been doing this for years, but the point I was making was the fact that you said the wrong thing at 0:47 and were obviously meaning to pull the handbrake up, not the clutch.

+TheGanjaWizard You don't need to use the handbrake on a hill start if you're not a noob.

+AmericanChip Ahah thanks :) I'll be putting up some more beginner videos shortly

When you get used to it, yes. However the more you balance the clutch and gas, the more wear you will be putting on the clutch plate

I usually just hold the clutch at the biting point and then move from brake to gas quickly. However, for hills from hell like San Francisco I still use my handbrake. I started driving a stick 4 months ago

Handbrake is better, especially for cars with very light clutches.

+PXLynx like I said I only use it for really steep Hills like if someone is right on my bumper

I never use the Handbrake Method because my Handbrake is broken. I'll hold the car with the clutch if someone is on my ass (very rare) release my foot off the brake and give it gas, whole process takes me less than a second, not enough to produce noticeable wear on the clutch. That being said, I use this method only if somebody is riding me to the point where rollback is an issue, usually once every month or two

+TrocaderoKillen I don't think you can bite and hold much when engine is idling at 800RPM. But no need, when you get fast enough, going from break to gas very quickly while releasing clutch allows to start moving quickly and with minimal roll-back. But parking break method is the official and recommended one because there is zero roll back and risk of hitting the one behind you.. We need to demonstrate parking break uphill start method on our driving test.

+Krzysztof Cygan yeah I was shown both but have only had the need for the foot brake one so far.

+TrocaderoKillen If you don't have a hand brake, you only have the foot one, I will go from the brake pedal to the gas pedal quickly. That way the car will not roll back more than an inch or two. If the other guy behind you is that close, he'll be at fault for the damage if there is any.

+RIPxBlackHawk I recommend you google before embarrassing yourself or trying to make fun of someone. Here is a shocker for you: my car idle rpm is really 800rpm. Apparently, you have no idea what you're talking about. Read up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idle_speed

+Chris Xaralampkis Surprisingly no lol

+milanmastracci if you have time and if you want, make that video please!

+Austin Metzger oooo your srewed if that happens

+milanmastracci Okay. Thanks Man!

No problem Austin Metzger :)

+Ryad Guira Thanks man

you're welcome :)

+Sergio Carrillo 2009 Honda Accord Coupe

+Juan bandicootarri At that point you will be just be using the clutch to keep the car forward; burning out the clutch. Also, the emergency brake is very helpful because if someone is right on your ass, if you are on a hill, without the ebrake, your car will roll back and possible hit them depending on how close they are to you.

+milanmastracci Well, in a sense that is what you do everytime you start off the line. Any line. You pair 1000rpms from your engine with 0rpms from your engaged transmission. And that's what the clutch is designed for: friction for transmitting torque. Besides, if you get quick enough at hill starts, using the method the dude suggested does not really do much more damage than a normal start does. *HOWEVER* if you wanna just hover for a long time using the clutch as a brake, well thats different: thats idiotic. Like creeping up on a red light waiting for green. Abusing the clutch (low rpms, but still) I usually just watch other people creep up and fail at a quickstart, and then I start and leave them behind, even with the advantage they took. Hehehe, silly drivers

I too use the clutch to hold the vehicle, only for as long as it takes for me to move my foot off the brake and give it gas (usually half a second at most). Not enough time to cause any significant damage to your clutch

+Tsetse Fly And when people are starting off driving manual, they will be able to get leveled driving no problem, however when they get to a hill, they will stall the car and panic.

+milanmastracci OK, it's good your showing learner drivers the basics, but I'm afraid this not a advanced driving skill it is a essential part of driving, here in the UK it is part of your basic test in a manual car and part of your basic test to pull away on a hill and learning clutch control during your lessons.

+Tsetse Fly To be fair, you have to admit that manual transmissions are on their way out of the automotive world. It's slowly (and I highly stress slowly) becoming a niche feature of a car, because fewer and fewer people are caring about sticks. More and more kids are being taught to drive with an automatic, therefore a lot of them don't learn to use a stick.

+Deagle Beagle, Fair point and we'll said. Sad because the whole point of driving is to feel the car, and yes I understand some people just want to get in and go. I think people that feel that way should stay off the road and use public transport.... Now there is a debate....

+Deagle Beagle that may be true for the U.S. but all of Europe use manual and that ain't changing