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Why do stick-shift cars go backwards before going forward?
Sometimes I see a car in front of me stopped at the light. When the
light turns green, the car in front of me will move backwards a few inches before going forward. I've never seen an automatic car do that, so those cars must be manual. Why do they do that? They could collide with you if you stopped less than a few inches from them. |
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Why do stick-shift cars go backwards before going forward?
> wrote in message ps.com... > Sometimes I see a car in front of me stopped at the light. When the > light turns green, the car in front of me will move backwards a few > inches before going forward. I've never seen an automatic car do > that, so those cars must be manual. Why do they do that? They could > collide with you if you stopped less than a few inches from them. > Bad drivers. In a manual tranny vehicle, there is NO connection between the engine and drive wheels until the clutch is at least partially engaged. To prevent a manual tranny vehicle from rolling backward, you need to do one of two things: 1) Let out clutch pedal -fast- until clutch starts to engage, in order to put forward pressure on the drive wheels before the car starts rolling backward. Doing this, the car might still roll back an inch or so, but that's not a problem. 2) (method used by inexperienced drivers). Use hand brake/parking brake to hold car until you feel clutch start to engage If a manual tranny vehicle rolls backward more than an inch or so, that is a poorly trained or careless driver. (probably both) By the way, automatic vehicles will roll backward also. But that's less common. -Dave |
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Why do stick-shift cars go backwards before going forward?
On Jul 9, 1:59 pm, wrote:
> Sometimes I see a car in front of me stopped at the light. When the > light turns green, the car in front of me will move backwards a few > inches before going forward. I've never seen an automatic car do > that, so those cars must be manual. Why do they do that? They could > collide with you if you stopped less than a few inches from them. Because the driver in front of you does not know how to drive a car with a stickshift properly. It's easy to make a smooth start on a hill with no rollback if you practice a bit. I've seen the same thing on automatic transmisison equipped cars on steep hills. Best idea is to drive defensively and assume the idiot in front of you is just learning to drive. Give him a at least 3 feet of space and on a steep hill give even more. |
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On Jul 9, 1:19 pm, Eeyore >
wrote: > wrote: > > Sometimes I see a car in front of me stopped at the light. When the > > light turns green, the car in front of me will move backwards a few > > inches before going forward. I've never seen an automatic car do > > that, so those cars must be manual. Why do they do that? They could > > collide with you if you stopped less than a few inches from them. > > That might happen if the road's uphill and the driver's not that good with the > clutch. > > Graham Both Studebaker and Subaru had a device to prevent this. I wonder why no one else did. A friend got a subaru unit from a junkyard and told his mechanic what it was and how it worked and told him to put it in. The guy did and the owner was happy. He had no idea how the mechanic did it, but it can be done. Maybe a non=factory connected Subaru shop could help |
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Brent P wrote:
> In article om>, wrote: > >>Sometimes I see a car in front of me stopped at the light. When the >>light turns green, the car in front of me will move backwards a few >>inches before going forward. I've never seen an automatic car do >>that, so those cars must be manual. Why do they do that? They could >>collide with you if you stopped less than a few inches from them. > > > You shouldn't be stopping so close. Like the fool that decided on a > snowy day to wedge his vehicle between my passenger side 1/4 panel and > the curb. RWD fords with traction lock break to the right when they slip. > It was uphill too... some people.... > > Actually all RWD cars do that, in countries where people drive on the right hand side of the road... it's the crown... nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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Studemania wrote:
> On Jul 9, 1:19 pm, Eeyore > > wrote: > wrote: >> >>>Sometimes I see a car in front of me stopped at the light. When the >>>light turns green, the car in front of me will move backwards a few >>>inches before going forward. I've never seen an automatic car do >>>that, so those cars must be manual. Why do they do that? They could >>>collide with you if you stopped less than a few inches from them. >> >>That might happen if the road's uphill and the driver's not that good with the >>clutch. >> >>Graham > > > Both Studebaker and Subaru had a device to prevent this. > I wonder why no one else did. > A friend got a subaru unit from a junkyard and told his mechanic what > it was and how it worked and told him to put it in. The guy did and > the owner was happy. He had no idea how the mechanic did it, but it > can be done. > > Maybe a non=factory connected Subaru shop could help > Y'know, I've driven Studes with the hill holder and if I actually owned one I would disable the darned thing. I have driven stickshifts so long that I'm just used to them; the hill holder seems like it's fighting me in tight maneuvering situations on a grade (i.e. I'm backing and filling while facing downhill, and without the hill holder I could just leave the car in reverse, but with the hill holder if I touch the brakes I need to shift to first and let out the clutch to move forward) I know, I just lost some credibility as a Stude owner nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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On Jul 9, 9:15 pm, Scott en Aztlán > wrote:
> Studemania > said in rec.autos.driving: > > >Both Studebaker and Subaru had a device to prevent this. > >I wonder why no one else did. > > Because most people don't need it? > -- > MFFYCam Videos Galohttp://www.geocities.com/mffycam/htt...kills.blip.tv/ Necessity is a mother, isn't it? |
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Why do stick-shift cars go backwards before going forward?
Studemania wrote: > Eeyore wrote > wrote: > > > > > Sometimes I see a car in front of me stopped at the light. When the > > > light turns green, the car in front of me will move backwards a few > > > inches before going forward. I've never seen an automatic car do > > > that, so those cars must be manual. Why do they do that? They could > > > collide with you if you stopped less than a few inches from them. > > > > That might happen if the road's uphill and the driver's not that good with the > > clutch. > > > Both Studebaker and Subaru had a device to prevent this. Actually all cars do. It's called the handbrake. Graham |
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