Gas THEN clutch - how to move off properly
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
- Gas then clutch is how you should move off in a car. This is something that many learner drivers are taught incorrectly because of sloppy, lazy instruction. I set the record straight using the official DVSA guide to driving called "Essential Skills" as well as many examples and explanations.
I could have mentioned some other points in this video, such as when I use the example of Formula One cars. You may often hear commentators talking about engines bogging down; this is when the drivers have not set the gas/clutch correctly and it causes the engine to bog down (a temporary drop in power) due to the revs not being high enough before engaging the clutch. I know that F1 cars use hand clutches, by the way. I just couldn't get one in my Fiesta to demonstrate that!
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For people who say that that the car in this video stalled because I lifted the clutch too quickly; you are missing the whole point of the video. Yes, SOME cars will move off with only the clutch if you take 10 seconds to lift it - by which time you're dead because all the cars coming around the roundabout have now hit you side on. The whole point is that you shouldn't have to lift the clutch slowly because doing so causes more strain on it than using the correct amount of gas does and, as mentioned above, you have to crawl away at low speed, putting yourself and everyone else in danger due to the slow getaway.
I once had an email from a motorist who said they'd been driving next to me and couldn't believe how fast my car had pulled off from some lights. I'd left them behind and how had I made a Fiesta move so quickly? They'd looked up my car up on my website and was shocked it was a 1.5 when it had moved off far more quickly than their 2.0 engine. When I asked how they moved off, guess what they said? Yes, they had only ever known to move off with the clutch and after years of having the same car, they'd only just found out the true speed it had after i told them they should be using the gas as well.
Using the clutch alone is NOT correct no matter what anyone says. It is slow, dangerous and the cause of many accidents. Using the CORRECT amount of gas (not revving it to the red line) will result in cleaner, faster getaways while drivers that just use the clutch are crawling off at 1mph scratching their heads as to why they're going so slowly.
In some cars I have had it is totally impossible to move off using the clutch only no matter how slow you lift it. 10 seconds, 20 seconds - It doesn't matter, they just stall because it can't be done. A method which only works in SOME cars (clutch only) isn't as good as a method that works in ALL cars (gas and clutch).
1stdrive yeah I drive like this from day one but my girlfriend doesn't agree with me. thanks for the upload so I can show her how to leave people at traffic lights....
You are absolutely right. I am presently learning to drive and this clutch issue is really slow. My instructor insists that that's the only way you can move the car. I'm using cardrome for now . I wonder how I will cope when eventually hit the major roads with cars all around you.
1stdrive i‘ve had an instructor who taught me the clutch then gas method and everytime i was slow at roundabouts and junktions he kept on saying you are too slow
My sx4 need gas too before clutch lifted up.
Wow! Thank you for a clear explanation..now i know that it should be right amount of gas before clutch. 🙏
I recently passed and have started driving my brothers 1.4 petrol car. My instructor taught me to just use the clutch with no gas I'm starting to wonder how much else he told me was wrong.
bogart99 yes I'm Taiwan, and now have my driving lesson, my instructor also teaching me just clutch no gas to move …and move very slowly the better …its maybe bec I'm just learning, but when we drive outside we have to use gas then clutch to move a little faster
@Decent Fellow 😂😂😂😂
He about the dollars..
I was told the same and that's the reason I failed my test
for anyone wondering to this comment:
Most likely you were thought in a diesel car which works a bit differently, you can move off just by using clutch in those.
If you're on a hill in a petrol car and you want to move off, the car won't dip when you lift the clutch so you need the accelerator. You'll feel no power at all and only roll back and stall so it is essential for you to have the accelerator down first. My instructor always taught me wrong but I took it up myself, to learn it properly. Hope somebody reads this and understands why you need the gas first
Diesel has so much torque, you can balance it using just the clutch.
thank you
Kyle Mate I just hold it on the foot break with the clutch down and when it turns amber I hold my car just with the clutch and then on green give it a few k revs and come of the clutch, you don’t need to have he revs on before but at the same time as you come off the biting point
The key
This is what I think the main problem is, most driving instructors buy diesel very smooth cars in order for it to be easier for learners and speed up the whole learning process and get as many ‘passes’ as possible, shows how much of a good driving instructor you are for sharing this!!
I had two different instructors and both told me to move off with just the clutch - imagine the troubles I had when driving my own car after passing and constantly stalling/moving off dangerously slow in some cases! Thank you for this video!
Omg this is exactly what happened to me. I passed my test not using gas , when I now bought a car I kept stalling !!! It's annoying that I wasn't taught the correct method
Technically you can't learn how to drive stick from someone else as its like learning a instrument, they can teach you the sweet spot but its your foot doing the work, not theirs.
I was exactly the same! My instructor told me to use clutch to pull off in his diesel but I've got a petrol and kept stalling because I put no gas in. I've finally stopped stalling now thst I use gas whenever I move off but unfortunately my car doesn't have Hill assist so I have to make use of the hand brake
Exact same thing has happened with me done it in a diesel and was told all I need to do is use the clutch to move off and had my car for 2 days and I’ve stalled twice moving off and I’m so pissed off that I was not taught to use the gas
2 years later after I've passed...still watching your videos
S Miller That's good to know. I am planning on making more videos that will appeal to people who have passed, whether that's recently or years back.
You never stop learning to drive
Same here
True been newly passed for 2 months feel like I’m still learning the rooes
@@1stdrive so how much gas do u giv????
Exactly the same thing happened to me when I got a petrol car after learning in a diesel!
Steven Baird same here man. It's a whole lot different. After watching this video, I now know how to drive off properly
Thank God I'm not the only one that experienced this
this is exactly what happened to me.. learned to drive with a 2.0l diesel. then for a first car got a little 1.6l petrol and man i can drive at all. Stalling so often.. Probably learned more from youtube videos than what i learned with the instructor during 17 hours or so
Great video
If people still don't believe you after watching this video then they actually need to pack up driving all together 😂
I totally agree with you ^_^ I learned in a diesel and couldn't believe how easy it was to stall my petrol Polo. When I passed, I quickly got into the habit of always setting the gas before that clutch pedal comes up.
Being taught to drive properly is really important. Every car feels different anyway regardless of whether it is petrol or diesel. My car is a petrol and my instructor's car was a also a petrol, but the feel of the clutch is still completely different. The key is that my instructor was superb and she taught me to always adapt to the driving conditions, which includes the car you're driving.
This video is spot on. I passed my test a while back (learning in a diesel car), and recently bought my first car (a 1.2L petrol). I carried forward the habit of purely using the clutch to pull off and for maneuvers, which doesn't work at all in my car. It took many times of me stalling to realise this, which could have been avoided by learning a universal method to begin with.
I just passed my driving test today and your videos played a big part in that, thank you so much! Keep up the great videos.
Honestly this helped a lot, i wasn't sure what the right method was and i've been driving by slowing lifting the clutch and then using the gas, i'm glad you made this video.
Thank you for this. Even 2 years after posting this video. i learnt how to drive 4 years ago, and was taught to only use the clutch when driving off. Hadnt driven since i past my test 4 years go and so i did refresher lessons with a new instructor. She told " okay set the gas then the clutch" and i went "...What?" and she looked at me amazed going " do you not know how to set your gas?" and then i explained to her that i only learnt with the clutch.
I'm annoyed with my previous instructor. i felt stupid because it was like i had to learn the basics of driving again and when i test drove a car once, with only using the clutch when taking off- i stalled so many times! the sales person got rather annoyed at me and i felt like i didnt know how to drive anymore and i just couldnt understand why i was stalling all the time.
So thank you for this! it makes me feel better now that its not just me being stupid, i was taught wrong.
This has been the main thing that's been annoying me this past few months, I was convinced it was just my lack of ability driving but I've always struggled moving off, especially on a hill! I'm learning in a petrol car and I've not once been told to use acceleration when I set off - only been told to use the clutch, it's actually been quite daunting, especially at roundabouts when you have cars racing by you and you know you're about to crawl out at a snail pace. Went in my dads car the other day (diesel) - never had an issue. Great video - thanks for the help! :)
This guy’s charisma makes me smile man
Im in Ireland and I completed my 12 essential driver training lessons last september, with a driving instructor who never told me to use gas and clutch to take off. I booked 7 more lessons with another driving instructor who has completely revolutionised the way I look at driving, and while its easy enough to work her car/clutch etc in my mothers car which is what im practicing in, I find it seriously hard at times to take off as her clutch is very difficult and the biting point is very subtle. I find myself stalling even with the gas, and I lose my nerve so quickly. My driving test is on Thursday so im really cramming your videos before I go for practice. Thank you for these you have made an immense difference in my ability! My driving instructor was astounded at the difference in my driving between one lesson and the next after binging on your videos. Thank you!
Omg thanks so much you have literally saved me from possibly pulling out into a road and getting severely injured or even killed (no exaggeration), my instructor taught me in a diesel and never told me about giving some gas, so I passed and when I tried only using my clutch at a junction in my petrol car for the first time today I almost got hit, luckily the car swerved, iv tried out what you said and now I'm taking off fine (still need to get used to it though) but thanks so much and god bless you.
The other issue, and if I’m honest here, this applies to me! Is not listening to your instructor. Mine had a lovely new BMW 1 series, diesel, which was easy to move off by just using the clutch. He always told me to set the gas but I just took what I thought was the easy route. He even said, you don’t listen to me and keep moving off with just the clutch, you need gas and for goodness sake, make sure you get a diesel car if you refuse to take my instruction. Oops! And guess what, I’ve passed my test, first time in that lovely diesel car and now I’m looking at getting a petrol car. So I’m screwed! Thankfully, had the foresight to remember what my instructor told me and decided to find some UA-cam videos to help me understand better, hence finding myself here and watching this one. I finally get it! But it doesn’t always help when you have the lazy option with the diesel car, which makes it easy to move off incorrectly. I will have to practice this lots by going around the block and before heading into busier traffic. Great and helpful video! I now wish I had listened to my instructor more 😊
Thank you very much for this video. I passed last year November - like you my instructor(s) only taught me to use the clutch. I got a 1.2 Petrol Clio and I drove it and stalled 20 times (at traffic lights - thankfully) wondering what I was doing wrong. I went home and checked the internet and realised that my instructors had cheated me (feel like getting a refund). So I'm having to re-learn and pratice the ACTUAL method of GAS and then lift the CLUTCH. Once again thanks for the video; helped a lot 😁
My driving instructor told me to use just the clutch now I am having major problems stalling on hills every time I have to stop or at a junction on a slope, I'm now going to get a automatic as stressing me out
After watching your videos I basically stopped stalling my manual.
Thank you for making such an amazing video, I have been struggling with my clutch and stalling all the time. UNTIL I’ve watched your videos, it has now mad me move off fast and I have not stalled ever since! Thank you!
Had 1 driving lesson so far & I'm glad to say my instructor has told me to apply gas first, then use the clutch. Your videos are really helpful, especially for new learners.
I've tried to understand what I'm watching in other videos on manual cars but yours is much clearer. Thank you. My cousins have told me to hit gas before clutch. Now I understood. Thank you again.
I passed my driving test about a week ago now and the first time I went out in a petrol car after learning in a diesel I didn’t really stall it but I needed a new clutch so after having a new clutch fitted the first time I went out i drove to work and every time I moved off I stalled it and it’s really knocked my confidence but after watching this video I understand why I keep stalling it because my instructor taught me to move off with the clutch only it’s a nightmare to get used to but now I’m slowly getting there I’d recommend going around a quite street with someone who can drive just until you get used to it there are also loads of idiots on the road that will over take and beep you but just ignore them and don’t rush the clutch
Can you do a video on moving in slow traffic and the best thing to do? Keep up the good work btw. I passed not long ago and I still love watching these videos that help me improve on my driving.
Passed my test last week, your videos were and still will be a big help, THANK YOU
This was so helpful!!!! I just got my first car and have been repeatedly stalling (which I never do in my instructors car) and had no idea why. The car is petrol and this has explained it all. Thank you so much!
Great video. I've only recently passed my driving test, and I was taught in a diesel car. I now have a petrol Toyota Yaris. And today was my first time in the road after passing my test and the amount of times I've stalled today, bloody hell. But after watching this video, I won't be making that mistake again. Thank you 👍👍
My driving school used diesel manual cars and my teacher taught me to only use the clutch to start moving, then use the gas. I passed easily, but now I'm having trouble because I just learned that most cars won't work that way..
Thank you so much for posting this! This has completely rebuilt my confidence again in driving, as I was continuously stalling due to learning in a brand new diesel car! Thanks!
I have learned more in this video than i have in one months worth of driving lessons!
I just bought my first car today after passing my test...having this exact problem!! My instructor never told me to use gas apart from on hill starts
Have you got more used to it now? The amount of people having problems with it on here proves what I say in the video.
I'm really pissed of learners are allowed to learn in diesel cars. And then you wonder why there's so many accidents, with young new drivers , it's just not fair, we are taught in totally different ways for the two.
Oh I know, I learned in diesel engines and upon passing my test and buying a petrol car, I stalled so many times that I hated driving. Fortunately, I found this video!
I was very fortunate when I was a learner because my driving instructor's car was a Diesel and my mum's car which I also learnt to drive in was a petrol. It was good experience because I could only afford a cheap low powered petrol car after passing my test.
Thanks so much for making this video. I just bought my first manual car. I’m in the USA where most cars are petrol. On a perfectly flat road, I can sometimes rolloff without any gas. But any on any kind of slope, the car will stall without gas applied. My driving instructor did teach me the correct way, gas then clutch. But when I got the new car I watched a lot of UA-cam videos that taught it the wrong way. So I found out that I was stalling a lot more often. Your video shows why. Thanks so much.
Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is VALUABLE information. My son has been losing confidence thinking it's his driving, when infact it's the teaching by his instructor! Problem solved and on the look for a GOOD instructor who teaches the universal way.
Also, thank you for mentioning about rollback and handbrakes. My son is being taught NOT to use the handbrake if (he thinks) he's on the level! In an older car such as ours, the handbrake is a must...one should never assume a road is level!
Thanks, I'm glad it's helped him out.
This is exactly how my instructor shown me in his diesel fiesta until he bought his silva fiesta in September which was Petrol and now he tells me before you raise the clutch give a little gas
I had absolutely no idea moving off with just the clutch was a thing. I was taught to start with gas. I'm amazed some instructors let their students do that.
They don't just let them do it, they teach it and insist it's correct! I've had instructors contact me furious that I am telling people to use the gas. They say it's dangerous and wrong, despite the fact it says gas first then clutch in the official DVSA book Essential Skills which all instructors must teach by. One pupil I taught had been told that using the gas first will make the engine blow up and kill them.
I just passed my test in a diesel and picked up my petrol car a couple of days ago. I’m scared to drive because I just keep stalling! I had no idea how different it was. I had a practise using these methods this morning and I’m getting the hang of it but I’m really annoyed my instructor taught me incorrectly. Thank you for the helpful information!
That's why I leave this video up, it's old but it still applies as much today as when I first made it. The are lots more of these on here to help you.
I've been told to use the clutch only by my instructor but he then told me I will need gas for junctions and up hills ect. But then said I will find it easier to use gas then clutch from now on so I'm glad he said this as it makes more sense. Thanks for your videos hope to see more
Oh my god! I passed three weeks ago and went to pick up my husband in my new petrol 1.4l Citroen and KEPT stalling!! I was so upset about it. I was taught to pull off with the clutch only by my instructor so I was doing everything wrong when I started driving. It's only when pulling off and this makes me so relieved that it isn't my fault; my instructor taught me incorrectly! Thank you so much for this video!
Glad I've come across this video before I pass after having about 15 lessons in a diesel. I can start to fix my bad habit of no gas when setting off.
My father taught me in a 2l diesel and this was one of the first things that he told me about.
I found it easier to start without the gas pedal (because it was an extra thing to remember) but I then started to incorporate it.
How do you prevent the car from rolling when taking a foot off the foot brake to put in gas?
@@velibrown7904 You need to do it so quickly and master the clutch the biting point
@@velibrown7904 Either use the handbrake or move your foot over quickly to the accelerator pedal(have to have good clutch control)
I passed my test last Friday and now I'm able to drive my Dad's car which is a petrol. I learnt in a diesel and wasn't taught to apply gas unless on a hill start. Thank you for this video, saved me a lot of stress and stalling!
You have helped me and I have an amazing instructor thank god. After years of many bad instructors
Hey your videos are great, I learned to drive in an automatic, but I've been driving stick for ten years now. I started watching some videos recently because I'm teaching my girlfriend to drive a stick and it's been so long I don't even think about the process anymore, it just comes naturally. I was taught just like your teaching and can't fathom why someone would teach it any other way. Anyways thank you for helping me to brush up on the basics so I can teach someone who is new to a standard transmission. Too many videos out there on driving stick are about "performance" techniques and not sound proper clutch and gear work. There too many kids on here burning their clutches, slamming the plates, and grinding their gears treating their road car like it's a race car. Thanks for providing good sound technique for the newcomers out there.
Thanks man same thing happened to me I was used to moving the car without taping the accelerator but depressing the clutch only you are a life saver now I know how to hit it up properly
These videos are great. I have a full license but my first car was an automatic. Learnt in a diesel and bought a manual petrol yesterday. You are correct all day long
Exactly the same with me ... I was taught to just slightly lift the clutch and the car would roll ... now I've got a crappy 03 fiesta and I stall constantly. I panic so much .. thanks for this video
my instructor is just plain lazy. paid him to do nothing. thank u man, life savior!
The exact thing you mentioned that shouldnt happen is what my instructor is showing me in 2019. Why do i have a driving instructor and have to go on youtube for tips? Smh! Im sure i will past my test without his methods.
Good dude man
Im a whole ocean away but this video has finally helped me visualize the entire process. I always have had a tough time with not stalling. Some cars i had a easier time with the clutch, others, the car would stall if i wasn't precise with the gas. think knowing this, i will not stall again or much. I am looking for a stick shift car and going to check out one exactly like my current auto equipped one later on in the day.
my instructor also taught me to use only clutch i'm just figuring it out that i should be using gas for fast takeoff thanks
I had no idea some cars have hill assist, you would think instructors would explain what this is even if their car hasn't got it, and yeah you're right, I've been learning in a petrol and the thing just wants to stall, giving it gas is a must, i give it a little gas then raise the clutch, soon as its up just past halfway gas goes down clutch comes right up in one motion, if you don't do this right the car will stutter, stall or the revs will be way to high while the car isn't moving, my instructor never bothers to even explain, I've had to figure all this out on my own.
My instructor was very good, he taught me like this and I passed first time and have my own petrol car now and this method does work. 😊
Thank you for your honest videos. I can see how my instructor is teaching me wrong to drive. Actually I failed my first driving test because I follow his advise( break and clutch) for hill star. I stalled 4 time as never before in my life.
Passed my test last week first time, you were a big help
Unknown :( my test is after 5 days and I still don't know how to shift quickly into 3rd gear after pulling out of a roundabout
THANK YOU!!! I so agree to this. I bought a Hyundai I10 and This works for me! You are a star!
Thank you. That was helpful. My instructor did teach me the clutch alone method. No wonder I'm always a bit nervous about stalling that way.
I'm pretty sure i learned in a diesel car and it totally makes sense now why i kept stalling. I actually started to do this, especially when reversing before i watched this video, it all makes sense now! Thank you 👌🏾
i’ve only had 8 hours of lessons. i’m in a diesel and been taught clutch then accelerate and yesterday i bought my first car a vw polo e 1.2 and when i tried pulling off i must have stalled it 5 times and then my dad told me this way and i was fine. all instructors do is teach you how to pass in the vehicle you’re in not actually drive
My instructor tells me to use the gas 1st then find the bite but I find it so much easier just finding the bite then applying gas
Thanks a lot. Great video which sets the record straight. Could be shorter, but it does not leave any room for doubt. Well done.
+DanL Baps There is no reply button on your comment but if you're down a hill then it depends if you start in 1st or 2nd gear, how steep the hill is and how the car handles. Sometimes when downhill it's not necessary to have the gas on in but you'd have to be careful to connect the clutch at the right time - rolling too fast or slow as you lift it could make it stall or jump.
1stdrive ,
I passed my test with ALM driving school In Sheffield a few years ago he always use to say use you're gas and and clutch to set off as well as observations so I totally agree with this video!
You're an awesome teacher my man! Thank you! May God BLESS you bro!
Hello Sir!
Today I passed my driving test.
Your informative videos really helped me a lot .
:)
That's great news, well done. The ones I'm releasing over the coming weeks about what to do at crash scenes may prove helpful one day but I hope you'll never need them.
This is brilliant info. Following this advice will save you lots of time.
so true, i have passed in a diesel 1.6 focus, and my instructor was talking into just lift the clutch to crawl in traffic etc. after 3 diesel cars within a year it was a new expierance driving a petrol
im going through this exact problem now. i learnt in a deisel 1.9. i got my first car petrol polo 1.2 and im stalling all the time. its really knocked my confidence
Thanks for this video! Got my first petrol car home without stalling once. While I test drove it the day before and stalled twice with only using the clutch.
Wow. Just doing my driving lessons in Ireland,on a 1.4 petrol car and the instructor tells me to use just the clutch alone,and it works i hardly stall the engine. But after 7 lessons i bought my own car,a 1.1 Hyundai Getz and i do the same thing..clutch only and i stall the engine so many times that i'm afraid to drive (only had the car for 4 days). I'm waiting for my friend to come from work and i will try this with the gas,it does make sense what you say ..but i didn't knew.
My instructor never told me this. Thank God I changed
Good advice. You're absolutely correct. I'm currenty learning to drive and my instructor insists I give no gas when moving off. Result: I sometimes stall and generally move off like a granny. I will ask for a new instructor if he doesn't allow me to give some gas in my next lesson.
I felt like an idiot when I bought my first car after passing. I was taught clutch only.. never gas! I learnt in a diesel. My first car was petrol. I took it for a test drive and stalled right outside the garage! humiliated I got my mum to test drive it instead for me. I had to learn the gas and clutch method "universal method" and haven't looked back. That petrol car was good for the tip and went back to a diesel but kept the gas and clutch method and storm past most bigger engine cars at the lights! Listen to this man, he is good. Wish he was my instructor. I had three & a first time pass. But wasted many many lessons because of useless instructors not teaching correctly, and repeating lessons 7 maybe 8 times!
Just passed my theory, haven't had a single lesson yet, glad I found this video so I know the correct method in case I'm taught the wrong way.
since learning and passing in a Merc c220 (amg) diesel, I've had to relearn how to set off from 1st. This video helped. Now I'm setting a little acceleration and letting up the clutch and I set off smooth as, in a petrol or a diesel.
not sure why I wasn't taught that in my lessons, because besides that I received excellent instruction.
Oh my god this is so true, I'm an ADI based in the North East and I have so many pupils that have left other instructors and started with me and they don't understand and have never been told they are 'supposed' to set some gas/power 'before' lifting the clutch!! This is my pet peeve amongst many 😡
Thank u so much sir. I am a new driver. U solved my problem.... God bless u
This is so frustrating. This must have been the entire why I stalled during my driving lessons. I don't even think my mom and dad knows that this is the right way to do it. I will take this to practice. God damn it
It could well be the reason! Here's a super short video that explains another common fault people make ua-cam.com/video/coPWYNUCJKc/v-deo.html
Thank you very much sir. You answered a lot of questions I had in mind. You're the best of the best :)
Thank you so much for this , I’ve driven manual for three days but this was my problem . Starting off too damn slow when I’m at traffic lights or roundabout causing it to almost stall or begging for gas . Because I was doing it wrong and relying on my clutch to take me forward . But now I put gas then clutch and I move off way quicker than I did .
And that's why I stall sometimes! Thanks so much bro!💓 I love your videos
passed my test around 3 days ago and had being learning in a 1.4 diesel instructor car. just got my first car (2 litre turbo petrol) and found it super difficult to pull away without stalling. my instructor hadn’t told me much about adding gas to get higher revs because you could pull away with just the clutch so easily. it’s a slow process to learn a new car but i’m getting to grips with adding gas and clutch release but it’s still slow none the less
I'm learning on three cars (two instructors and one family car) two diesels and one petrol, i had instructor on a petrol car tell me to rev it to 1500 then release clutch, but then i went to the second instructor on diesel and when i did that he asked what i was doing, and that i don't need to gas it until the clutch is down, he basically taught me around his car not in universal for all cars, yes you could move with just clutch on his, but then when i went to the petrol i had to apply gas before clutch, it's like a juggling act, but it gives me a good lesson i think because i learn that two different engines can work in different ways.
Thank you so much for this video, it's the first time I've heard you are supposed to use gas first :(
Recently got my first car. Only a 1.0. Thank you sooo much you hero 💪
Excellent explanation 👍
I am learning how to clutch down while braking, find the biting point, release hand brake then release the brake for moving then gas and release clutch at the same time..I know it does not fit in.. three times have I found myself in the center of a T intersection with two different instructors teaching me brake/clutch way..I can't lock it in..it just won't..very helpful video by the way..Thank you..
i never knew that people actually think you do clutch first wtf!
Dude, just bought my first car. Been driving a Diesel for 5 years, thought I was a good driver . . . bought a petrol, and my car dies. People on the street stare at me, I'm embarrised . . . frustration.
Thank you for this video. You just helped me a lot.
And great shoes by the way.
Good video, as a newly qualified Instructor I was taught to teach by the book. But so many of my students still pull away without gas. I have to start again with some. I also have a 1.0 Fiesta which requires to set the gas to "a lively hum" before finding the bite.
I salute you. Keep teaching by the book and you'll be a great instructor. So many people just fall into bad habits then get angry when someone points out that it's wrong. If you listen to facts and not opinions you'll always do well.
Thank you for saving my life.
I put this to my instructor and he said "not in my car you don't, find the bite then gas" I'm keep stalling, feel like I have poor control over the car and my test is November the 8th, and he's went on a last minute holiday...
All you have to do is get him to read Essential Skills. That's the book written by the DVSA where it clearly says that you press the gas and then the clutch. The very fact he said "not in my car" shows he hasn't got a clue what he's doing. Are you going to be driving his car after passing or your own?
i wouldn't recommend that anyway? I found the bite with not enough gas and the car stalled. I usually power the car to about 1.5r/2.0 (dependent on slope), then slowly remove off the clutch
brandon kelly did you pass?
Brilliant thank you so much. My instructor has taught me the wrong thing. Cost me so much money. Awful. This video is fantastic.
Answer to your question: Because F1 drivers aren't concerned about the life of their car's engine/clutch beyond a season or a few races. It costs a lot of money if you end up messing up your car, not everyone has millions of dollars to spend on repairs.
Are you suggesting that applying gas before engaging the clutch damages your engine?