Question on driving a manual

yeah I would never use the starter to pull the truck up a hill, seems bad. Getting the clutch at the friction point with the brake on, then quickly launching has always worked for me. I could see the parking brake method working as well.

 

If they are going to engineer and fabricate things for our laziness, I would appreciate a working toilet seat and a beermeister. Thanks.

 

Lets say you were stuck on a steep, loose (i.e. gravel surface) using the clutch cancel feature would enable the truck to move forward w/o as much torque applied to the driveline. This would possibly move you forward enough to get a better bite on the terrain.

 

Killer advice man

 

After reading it should be used in low range on a hill so you can't roll back (like off drop). I would have never guessed that with breaks & parking break, heal toe. I stand corrected. Maybe it's the 3rd back up ?

 

Sometimes using the starter and 1st gear can give you just enough bump to get up and over the obstacle that you are stuck on when rolling back at all isn't a good option. (It also works to limp yourself out of an intersection when you run out of gas.)

 

It's not hurting anything. Only thing different is the transmission spins while cranking. Just like when the engine is already running. Just don't get in a hurry and forget to put it in neutral.

I have been told that a fast increase in engine speed with the clutch pressed in is bad for the throwout bearing. If that's true, using the clutch cancel is extending the life of that bearing.

 

Extreme angles off road when you are crawling up and stall out. Without the cancel button you either burn the clutch getting started or jerk the hell out of the truck in low range. Much safer to crank it in gear.

 

This!! Always park your truck in 1st gear or Reverse and use the emergency brake or parking brake, whatever you want to call it. Read the manual on the clutch cancel switch. Do not make this so difficult!!

 

Haven't used the clutch cancel switch yet, have always used the parking brake when on a steep incline, typically when pulling our boat out at a steep angle where the added weight wants to pull you back in the lake.
However, now I gotta try it somewhere.

 

the clutch cancle is mainly used for offroad use if you stall on a steap hill or off camber were rolling could cause you to flip over or smash a tree ect. it can also be used if your engine breaks down you can keep turning the engine over to get out of a mud hole, intersection,railroad tracks ect to get to a safer area not to good for the starter but when it's necessary to get you out of a pinch it's worth it

 

* brake

 

If you want to start the truck before scraping to get the heat going, it's a lot easier to do it from outside the door than get in the seat for 2 seconds just to apply the clutch.

 

It's almost funny that Toyota has this option for offroad steap hill, off camber or mud holes and Tacoma's come with the crap 1/2 tread tires that slip on a banana skin.

 

I never put the truck in gear because my remote starter requires it in neutral and parking brake on to work and I use that remote starter allll the time haha.

That being said on those cold mornings when I mess the starter up I ALWAYS use the button to bypass the clutch switch and start the vehicle from the door. I'm conditioned from the starter to neutral the truck but I always flop the shifter back an forth to make sure it is in neutral then start the truck.

 

^^^ hence my earlier comment regarding insurance premiums and SOP.

 

Listen to these guys they know what they are talking about! Just put it in gear when you park!! Im 17 and i drive a manual every day if I can do it you can do it!

 

I can do it, I chose not to. I like having a warm truck when it is below 0. I'll take the risk.

 

everytime its real cold out and I have some ice under the truck the parking brake seems to freeze in place, so I never use it if its gonna be below about 20*. Otherwise its in gear and has the brake on.

 

Not if the nose of the truck is facing down hill like scocar said.

I go one step further and turn my wheels to hit the nearest curb or whatever low object thats around that would stop momentum. Its a requirement at work and they are very strict about it so it as become a habit in all the vehicles I drive.