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How to start a manual transmission on a San Francisco hill without rolling back: one foot on the clutch, the other on the brake.

Mt. Tamalpais summit, a few weeks ago How to start a manual transmission on a San Francisco hill without rolling back: one foot on the clutch, the other on the brake. Pull the handbrake but hold the release button, so the lever moves freely. Take your foot off the brake pedal; the handbrake holds the weight of the car. In one motion, drop the handbrake, let the clutch out, and give it some gas. If you’re too early, you stall the engine; too late, you roll backwards and crash. If you get it just right, though, the subtle vibration of the idle engine becomes muted as it bears the load. The…

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