I’m practicing for my driving licence and I’m going to driving school, just out of curiosity though I’ve looking on YouTube how to start and run a car and I’ve seen at least 3 different methods, I dunno which one is the correct. Things like the order when you release a pedal or when you need to press the clutch keep switching…

  • Vent@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Lol, I’m not from Germany but I seriously doubt they’d fail you in a driving test because you put the car in neutral before you start it. That’s just ridiculous.

      • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Justify that, please.

        I hit a barn with a dump truck because the clutch pedal failed to disengage the clutch, and I was in first gear when I tried to start. In neutral, the truck would not have lurched forward, and I would have discovered the problem when I couldn’t slip the transmission into reverse.

        The transmission should be in neutral until the hand brake/parking brake is released, and you are ready for the vehicle to move.

        • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          I hit a barn with a dump truck because the clutch pedal failed to disengage the clutch

          Then your right foot was not firmly on the brake, see step 1.

      • Christian@feddit.orgDeutsch
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        5 months ago

        Warum? War bei mir damals™ nicht so, eher im Gegenteil. Erstmal checken, ob auch ja kein Gang eingelegt ist.