Off topic but I'm really happy I'm seeing more and more mastodon screenshots instead of Twitter. Also helps me find new peeps to follow.
this post was submitted on 27 Oct 2023
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Someone clearly has never had to hill start a manual transmission vehicle.....
Don’t you use the handbrake for a hill start? Kinda awkward stepping on both the brake and gas pedals while one foot is on the clutch.
No, I hold down the clutch and the brake, then slowly start releasing the clutch, and when the engine starts struggling I release the brake and jump to the gas pedal to get more revs in, release the clutch all the way, and hopefully start moving forward instead of stalling the engine.
Did not know there was another way.
Or just hold the brake, put in gear, then release the brake, rev up the engine to 3k rpm and release the clutch. Not as good for the motor and gearbox but faster lol
Edit: Ya'll, if one knows what they do, and knows the car, speeding the motor up to a specific amount, often 2-2.5k rpm, and releasing the clutch a specific amount, takes less time than gravity needs to overcome the inertia. I'm almost always literally starting while practically still standing, because it takes ~0.1 second to do said things, if you know the car and its sweet spots.
!https://giphy.com/gifs/f1-car-smoking-6yxmDC0iysMyeCy01M
Except the smoke would be coming from the clutch in most cars.
https://giphy.com/gifs/f1-car-smoking-6yxmDC0iysMyeCy01M
why is embedding gifs so hard
Because giphy does not provide a real interface to embed a gif. One needs to go to their site to view it.
Yep, can do that, or heel-toe the clutch and break if you're not a fuckin wuss
Heal-toe is basically that. Frankly imo 99% of the time, just be fast.
Break what? Break dance?
That is probably how you really take a screenshot of the main display in a Tesla
If you shift directly from drive into reverse while moving it opens the debug menu.
Instructions unclear, I pressed the clutch also and my car booted into engineering mode.
adb sideload magisk.zip
Lurn to spel
I can't unsee the visual of me trying this now.
Tried it, reset my oil change indicator. Following for more car facts.