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Sep 5, 2003 | 01:11 PM
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Do you start your car with the clutch depressed or not?
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:12 PM
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Hello
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:13 PM
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From: Plymouth
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:14 PM
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From: God's promised land
Nope. Tickle the accelerator, that's all.
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:14 PM
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From: In the naughty corner
Tickle?
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:15 PM
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From: from a land thats cold and wet
why would you want to?
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:15 PM
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From: In the naughty corner
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:17 PM
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From: Staffs
Yup - instinctive reaction. I always park in gear.
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:21 PM
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From: Herts
always do.........without even thinking now.
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:21 PM
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I think that I do - not sure to be honest. Getting in the car, starting up, selecting first and driving off seems to happen in a blur - can't remember any of the individual actions...
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:22 PM
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nope. dont touch anything. just turn the egnition and off it goes....WEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeee!!
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:23 PM
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From: God's promised land
E gnition?? You crack me up Suze...!!
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:25 PM
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Same here as i park my car in gear all the time
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:26 PM
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Yes, always do, instinctively.
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:29 PM
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Always do - always park in gear though
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:29 PM
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Always, every car I drive. For two reasons :
1 In case some muppet has left it in gear - some of the vans I drive occasionally have such horrible sloppy gearboxes you can't actually be certain it's in neutral. I always check but still always derpress the clutch.
2 Don't know how much difference it makes, but it must take some of the battery power to turn over the gearbox, and by depressing the clutch you save that bit of power. If your battery is a bit crap it MAY make the difference between your car starting or not.
This may of course be utter cobblers
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:29 PM
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Always put the cluctch down out of habbit now. I used to park leaving the car in gear before I had the driveway done.
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:30 PM
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Tel...i like to make your life worth living every now and then
give me a break...its friday, im knackered, and im at work
IGNITION, IGNITION, IGNITION!!!!!!
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:32 PM
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From: Staffs
Quote:
IGNITION, IGNITION, IGNITION!!!!!!
Now there's an idea for a song...
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:47 PM
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Always. Otherwise if I have left it in gear I could end up through the back of the garage.
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:51 PM
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From: Newport, Wales, Wales, Wales
Sep 5, 2003 | 01:56 PM
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Yep always.
However, when I start the motorbike I never do!
Sep 5, 2003 | 02:43 PM
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I always do.
Good thing too cos my wife has a tendency to leave the car in gear!
I know I used to on my KR1, cos that was kickstart. The ZX6 I can't remember, but I probably did.
Sep 6, 2003 | 06:12 PM
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Its not good practice really because the engine starts with no oil being fed to the crankshaft thrust bearing.
Sep 6, 2003 | 06:28 PM
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From: Australia
may car costs me so much i never start it just look at it through the window
Sep 6, 2003 | 06:48 PM
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From: Nobody knows how to tie the simple knots that I know
The teg doesn't start up unless the clutch is in so I suppose I do!
Sep 6, 2003 | 06:52 PM
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always do as the car is always parked in gear, also my bike won't start without the clutch being pulled in.
Sep 6, 2003 | 07:05 PM
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From: Casualty or Holby City, Take your pick, it's not like that in real life!!
Got an automatic at the min but when I have a manual I always depress the clutch before starting!!
Sep 6, 2003 | 07:13 PM
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From: Essexville
so basically, all the Mods do it.....
LOL
BB
i give the stick a wiggle to make sure, but then dont bother!!
....then i get in the car.
Sep 6, 2003 | 07:17 PM
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From: Casualty or Holby City, Take your pick, it's not like that in real life!!
@ BB. Tit!
