The legalities are that it is not legal to coast out of gear, nor is it legal to sit at a light or stop sign in Neutral because you are not in control of the vehicle.
Of course you're also expected to sit at stops with both hands on the wheel in order to be considered to be in complete control of the vehicle.
He's being unclear; when you hold the clutch in fully it's not a big deal (might fuck throwout bearings if done excessively) but there's no situation where you should be doing this for more than a few seconds such as about to take off from a traffic light or shifting. Slipping is when you have it partially engaged; except when you start from a stop NEVER EVER EVER do this as it'll burn the shit out of the clutch, and yes, resting your foot on the clutch while driving will burn the fuck out of it.
Fuck i need to practice that too. You do the handbreak method ? Granted I'm in Houston so there shouldn't be any damn hills...but it'll come about eventually.
Do you guys always engage the handbreak at stops ?
>1 to 2 smoothly
Raise RPM a little and clutch in a little more slowly than you usually would, works perfectly for me
>hill start
Did you use your e-brake? Hold the car in place with it, raise RPMs and slowly release the clutch. You will feel the car wanting to go forward, which is when you release the e-brake.
Nobody who isn't learning touches the handbrake except for parking.
>The legalities are that it is not legal to coast out of gear, nor is it legal to sit at a light or stop sign in Neutral because you are not in control of the vehicle.
Nobody really cares, either. If you have your foot on the brake while stopped, even in neutral you're fine.
My suggestion to you is to ride with another person who knows how to drive a manual so they can give you tips. Or at least another person so you can monitor how they react to your shifts.
Hardest part about driving manual is the first few months, if you make mistakes and no one tells you about them, you wont learn, and drive rough.
If you have a person sitting next to you, and you shift, and you see them luge forward, or backward, you know you are doing something wrong.
I've been avoiding using the hand brake as I don't want that to become a habit. I want to learn how to only use the e-brake unless absolutely necessary. I can easily do hill starts with the e-brake but in that situation i said to myself "FUCK this I have to learn somehow or another."
Also the clutch interior car according to the person I got it from takes some warming up as it's a bit touchy and not as smooth as other clutches.
>not using the e brake
Autistic boyracer fug off
You don't have a driving license so I'll tell you.
(If you have turn it in until you know how to drive).
Slams gear into place = tear the syncro into oblivion, joints and axles gets sudden torque which leads to cracked drivetrain
Miss gear = over revving the poor engine
Full throttle that consumes 10x more fuel, and then cruise in neutral which lowers his speed so he has to engage the gear in the end anyway.
Holding hand on gear stick while in gear = wearing down the gearbox if he puts any force in any direction since the gear stick would force syncros to grind for no reason.
Dragging the gear stick left and right like a retard for no reason.
TL;DR Neutral is the position that is used when going from one gear to another, NOT to be used as a cruising gear.
While at a stop you can engage neutral and engage E-brake/handbrake since that doesn't wear down the clutch, and it doesn't blind the people behind you with those rear lights.
TL;DR 2: If you drive an automatic and can't handle a manual, you're not fully educated and thus is a danger to others.
TL; Should read: If you're american, you're not educated enough to even drive a car.
Especially in some shitboxes you simply wont be able to start at a steep incline without the e-break because you will either give it too much gas and look like a retard or roll back too much