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When I learnt to drive, in a 91 Jetta TD with a stick, we lived by a lake at the end of a dirt road and there was a pretty steep grade before getting to the lake. We left the house with my father driving, and then right in the middle of the grade he stopped and told me to take the wheel. That's how I leanrt to drive stick, in a high torque car, on a dirt road grade...And it was propably the only proper way to learn.
That car could take off from a standstill in 4th gear without giving it any pedal. The clutch didn't like it for sure, but it coud be done.
When I get friends or relatives in my car to demonstrate hypermiling I sometime will shut the engine off to glide for the longest distance when coasting to a stop. They see me shut is down with the key, and then I always laugh when I see the look on their face as I leave the stop while they ask "how'd you start it?"
Everytime I get in an AT car, you can be sure I will clutch in on the brake pedal at the first stop, curse, and then remember myself to pretend I'm in a golf cart.
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