Is there any difference in how you drive diesel and petrol cars?

>>17811812
No.

>>17811826
Few people told me I will stall a petrol car if I attempt to move it with just a clutch, without touching the gas pedal. Is that true?

>>17811827
It is indeed
Clutch is more forgiving on diesel engines

>>17811827
It will simply not move.
You should get used to start the car with the accelerator anyway, it is 100% less gay.

>>17811827
I have a weak 2.4 litre petrol and I can get it moving fine without touching the gas

>>17811843
>weak
>2.4L
you definitely don't live in europe.

I have 1.9L 130BHP manual diesel and it's considered as overpowered as fuck in here

>>17811843
This, my 2.0 Focus with 160 horses moves just right just with the foot off the clutch.

>>17811851
That's more powerful than an original Miata with probably 2 or 3 times more torque.

>>17811851
It only makes 97KW

>>17811892
Its a Mitsubishi 4g64 IIRC

>>17811843
Only if you're bad at slipping the clutch, but you should always rev it a little to avoid lugging anyway.

>>17812078
I do once it starts to move

>>17811843
It's funny because I could get my 1.0 litre Peugeot driver's-ed car to move with just the clutch but my 1.8 litre shitbox doesn't.

>>17812139
On some petrol cars you can only really get smooth takeoffs easily by reving up to 1.5 - 2K before engaging the clutch. The real variable at play is how much low torque the engine makes though, e.g. you could get away with launching a big V8 like you do a diesel.

diesels more fun due to low end torque but thats about it

This doesnt really depend on the engine that much. It all comes down to what it idles at.

Diesels are so boring and powerless. Hate to drive one at work.

>>17811827
>>17811843
1.0L 93Nm gas powered econobox here:
It is possible.