At 12:14 PM -0400 8/29/02, Geegc@aol.com wrote:
>Another suggestion is to teach new drivers to use the clutch in
>reverse in a large parking lot. In reverse the feedback loop is
>negative, as the motion of the car causes the clutch to ease its
>motion, rather than jerk the pedal out as it does in forward.
>
>My cousin Irv taught me this way in 1965 in a 1957 3 on the tree
>Plymouth, it was very slick.
>
>Gary C
>3 and counting
>
Reverse is also a lower ratio than first, isn't it? My wife has had
a couple 'roadster lessons' never having driven a standard trans
before. She's better at moving from a standing start in reverse.
Could be a combination.
-Marc
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