Help with Driving

[Pliablemoose]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Actually, that's the kind of place I find to teach someone how to drive a standard. There's a parking lot near me with a long driveway that they have to shift on halfway up, then at the top, after stopping, they have to keep from rolling backwards to make a turn out of the driveway.


Anyways, moving your thread to the garage forum; hope you don't mind.
-DrPizza

Exactly what I did to my daughter, took her 1/2 hour to sort it out.

 

[Jahee]

Originally posted by: dug777
Approach in second, disengage the clutch and brake as you hit the point where the angle jacks up (to prevent the car bottoming out), then as the car clears the angle, engage first smoothly and pull up the incline.

Easy

So basically.. You're saying pitch the front of the car down into the bottom of the hill, where it needs as much clearance as possible..?

 

[Gillbot]

Find a steeper hill and go practice.

 

[alimoalem]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
failing that, you could figure out how fast you can travel before you hit the hill ? i mean any momentum you can carry onto the hill will help you get up it. perhaps devise a way to basically lessen the change in gradient at the bottom of the hill from the road? like lay some wooden planks or a steel plate between the foot of the hill and the road at the bottom?.... this will lessen the gradient change, should let you attack the hill faster without mullering your cars front bumper

i think you should go with this. it'll make it easier to get to the top and you'll also get some practice going uphill. eventually you should be able to get up the hill without help after you gain some experience. i think you're scared to ride the clutch. when you let go of the clutch completely, do you start to slow down immediately after that point? the way it sounds to me, whoever taught you how to drive told you to get off the clutch sooner than later. i mean it isn't good to kill ur clutch but if you can't get to where you're trying to, your car isn't doing what it was meant for.

also, do you know approx. what speed you're going up the hill? and what car are you using?

someone else asked about pics...could upload a pic of the incline?

one last thing...make sure u have a decent amount of acceleration before you fully let go of the clutch. uphill driving is totally different than flat/downhill. drivers, especially with weak cars, really need to know what their cars are capable of so u should know before letting go of the clutch whether your car can maintain its speed or not.