Car shuts down in intersection, cars from all driections. Almost

>>16046864
The car?

>>16046864
Should of made a run for it

>>16046872
Audi a3 1.9tdi

>>16046864
>diesel
>manuel

poorfag detected

>>16046864
>not realising the reason it shut down was because of 'wrong' gear
>not feeling the car struggling and applying more throttle automaticly

pleb

>>16047218
It's a diesel anon. An old diesel with about 100bhp when it was new. It always struggles until it reaches 1800 rpms when the turbo kicks in.

I've accidentaly started lolnotorque shitboxes in 3rd gear several times. Git gud.

How do you even fail to start a car from 2nd gear?

>>16047346
Why you lying anon?

>>16047430
>I barely manage to not stall my car in 1st so you can't start in 3rd!!

Some people know how to feel the clutch

>>16047346
Maybe that's possible but it's damn hard. Couldn't do it in my notork civic or a mustang..

>>16047440
>accidentaly
Do you know what that means? If you would try to start in 3rd just like you would start in 1st you will stall, now stop lying on the internet.

>>16047440
>tfw hydraulic clutch

>>16047463
>doesn't feel the car struggling and automaticly apply more throttle

Don't tell me you drive a car with electronic pedals

>>16046864
Sell it and get yourself a slushbox. You do not deserve to drive a manuel.

>>16047517
>lies on the internet and now tries to backpadel
Was it accidentaly or not anon? Were you aware you were in 3rd or not? Or do you just ride the clutch up to 15mph everytime you start?

Also yes, I do drive a car from the 21st century.

>>16047533
I'm not OP
And no, I do not wear my clutch unnecessarily.

If you ever were to drive a real car you would feel it

>>16047545
>I do not wear my clutch unnecessarily
>I sometimes start in 3rd

Let me guess you have one of those old econoboxes that has a wire from the acceleration pedal up to the carb, right?

>not having enough torque to start in 2nd gear

Into the trash it goes.

>>16047517
It's okay anon, someday you will afford a newer car.

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>busy intersection, manual car, Germany
>traffic light is red, need to stand in the front row with like 20deg upwards
>so intersection is on top of a little hill, my road is lower
>queue already behind me, people waiting to finally get past this
>remember what I learned at driver's ed
>making myself ready
>start sweating, 1 year driving experience comes down to this point
>green light
>completely trash the clutch
>reboot car
>takes a few moments
>release brake again, car rolls backwards, try to accelerate again
>messed up again
>first cars start honking
>fuck man
>third time should work out tho, I learned from my past mistakes
>trash it again, light turns red
>red light phase is 2 mins long, so people are honking like crazy
>mfw

>>16046864
> on a hill
> start in second because lazy
> no handbrake because I can actually drive stick

>>16047617
At his point you either get a slushbox, buy yourself a bus pass or commit sudoku.

>>16047617
Use the handbrake for fucks sakes.

>were drinking the whole previous day half a country away
>finally going home
>there was an accident on the highway so we're in an unmoving line for 30+ mins
>hot as fuck
>we're all half dead because we haven't eaten anything concrete in 2 days
>finally starts to clear
>car doesn't start because it's a shitty BMW
>jump out and try to jumpstart it by pushing it
>doesn't work
>now have to push it backwards to the nearest exit, blindly hoping that there is somewhere to park it
>3 topless guys that are obviously hungover, 1 chick that looks like a junkie
>call my friend if he could bring us the cables to jumpstart it
>says he can, but it would take him 30 mins
>other friend calls his friend and he said he is closer
>we wait for 1 hour for him to get there
>all we have is warm, pre mixed Red Bull vodka and no food
>not a single car stops and maybe offer assistance to 4 obviously distraught kids sitting in a car with it's hood popped open
>except for two retarded Italians asking us for directions to Greece (this is Ljubljana, Slovenia btw)
>and two cops coming to check if the car is actually ours and not stolen
Fucking hell, I was so happy when I came home. People here are always filming these accidents and the ensuing slow lines to send it to the media and we were sure somebody filmed us also.

>>16047558
No, my car doesn't have a carburetor

>>16047567
>new car are best
Please get off of /o/, kid

>>16047644
>anything newer than what I have is shit
Keep lying to yourself.

>>16047325
Diesels are inherently harder to stall than their petrol counterparts

>>16047346
>Tfw can pull away in 6th with no input from my right foot.
It's a good feel

>>16047664
>anything old is shit

stop

>>16047684
Don't lie to yourself. If you had the money to buy a new car you would buy it, not some mid 90s civic.

There are old cars that are great but that doesn't mean any old car is better than a new one.

>>16047702
New as in 2015-16 or 2000?

I would buy a car known for it reability and longlastingness, not its age.

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>>16047625
>sudoku

>>16047710
New as in not 20 years old. New as in electric/hidraulic pedals/ not having your breaks on a wire.

>>16047733
Cars have had power and hydraulic pedals back to the fucking 70's dude, a 70's car is not new

>>16047773
Some cars, not all cars. And surely not the shitboxes we have been talking about up to now.

>intersection approaches
>Almost stopped
>Clutch down, shift in neutral
>Intersection is free
>Clutch down, shift in first
>Stick just floats randomly all over the place, no gear control anymore
>car stuck in neutral
>realise the contraption made of zip ties I did 3 years ago because I broke shift cable bushings snapped
>Everyone gets mad at me
>Hazards on, signal people to pass me
>when line behind me is cleared, push car to a safe place

Eventually, I had to pop the hood open, engage second gear by hand and proceed at a snail's pace to the workshop I used to work at to put some new zip ties on the cables

>>16047808
Some people never learn

>>16047812
Shift cables are not even expensive, it's just the thought of having to tear half my dashboard apart to change them makes me sick, not to mention the space in the engine bay is barely existent to work comfortably

>>16047808
This is why mandatory car inspections are a good thing

>>16047829
>implying the shift mechanism is anywhere near being accessible in a reasonable time and without tearing half the engine bay apart
>Implying losing the ability to shift gear is dangerous

>>16047886
>losing the ability while standing still on the train tracks with a train coming is not dangerous
>not being able to drive off and blocking the fire truck and ambulance isn't such a big deal
>clogging up traffic is fine

>>16047905
>stopping on train tracks
Some people just want to go I guess