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Old 09-20-2014, 08:59 AM   #33
ToneCapone
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Originally Posted by ICE BOY View Post
When I teach people, I get them to start from a dead stop, on a level road, without using any throttle. It doesn't kill the clutch, teaches the engagement point and is simpler for learners to only have to focus on 1 pedal.
Still quite rusty but this is the way learned the sweet spot on my friends 2013 Jetta GLI. I stalled it over 20x until he finally showed me that you can make the car move just by slowly releasing the clutch.

Might be a myth but is it true that stick German cars are typically tougher to drive?
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