Long Lost Skills of Driving

[Relagsingh]

How can you push your car when you are in Gear 1 or 2 ??

You have to be in Neutral.

 

Only from the momentum of a moving car that you can Turn the key and engage Gear 1 or D mode....

 

It looks you guys never did it before...

 

Haha... obviously the bear is toking abt manual.

 

Read dude. READ.

[Zyrofillica]

Push start a manual car... How many know how to do it? Not the pushing part.

 

lol do many times last time on the old family fiat. didnt help that it was built like a tank.

[Relagsingh]

I think he mean clutch in to gear 1. then engage Clutch. push start and release clutch, in short, let the propellor shaft jump start the engine for you.

 

thats the 'auto only' generation perhaps??

 

heh... dun flame me pls. all in good humour.

[Relagsingh]

mayb u misunderstood.. whats the diff between gear 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5, when the clutch is in as compared to neutral?

 

and the car doesnt have to be in motion before u can turn the key or engage gear..

 

on a side note, u have to turn the key even before u start moving.. or else you might just lock the steering

 

just keep it in ignition. or else the cylinders wun even fire!

[Zyrofillica]

Haha... obviously the bear is toking abt manual.

 

Read dude. READ.

 

hmm curious about pushstarting autos. cannot possibly be done right? cos my auto has safety feature where you only can turn ignition key if its in Park! unless older autos can start up on D?

Edited May 3, 2010 by Zyrofillica

[Krado]

How can you push your car when you are in Gear 1 or 2 ??

 

Clutch in.

[Aeromania]

think is

 

gear 1

 

hold clutch

 

then while the suay ppl pushing at the back and car is moving in some speed liao half clutch and start ignition

 

then when engine start clutch in and zua some throttle

Edited May 3, 2010 by Aeromania

[Tigerwoods]

Clutch in.

Yah lah I got it after 2nd read... my bad...

 

[Tigerwoods]

hmm curious about pushstarting autos. cannot possibly be done right? cos my auto has safety feature where you only can turn ignition key if its in Park! unless older autos can start up on D?

No need to engage D for Auto cars. But the speed of the car (you push) must be quite good or else the car won't start. In MSCP you can start car after you push to down ramp in Neutral...

I had my 2 previous Auto car flat battery parked @ 3 level...

So I OMO. Last time my Mit Lancer failed to start when reach ground level so a kind neighbour allow me to use Jumpstart cables using his car battery.

 

Jumpstart cable - Always have 1 in your car...

[Relagsingh]

Yah lah I got it after 2nd read... my bad...

 

eh. sinkapur still got manual kar ok?

[Mahjong74]

Push start a manual car... How many know how to do it? Not the pushing part.

 

Actually, the easier way to push start a manual car is

to use reverse push start. It is a little bit easier than

put the gear to 1 or 2.

 

But for forward push start, it is easier to put the

gear to gear 2 rather than gear 1.

 

I did also tried to push start auto car before,

 

1.put the gear to N and ignition to on

2. Push the car to achieve certain speed.

3. put the gear from N to D.

 

But the success on auto car push start very low.

 

Managed to learn all these knowlegde when my father

still operating a car workshop before he retired.

 

 

 

 

 

[The_Bear]

No need to engage D for Auto cars. But the speed of the car (you push) must be quite good or else the car won't start. In MSCP you can start car after you push to down ramp in Neutral...

I had my 2 previous Auto car flat battery parked @ 3 level...

So I OMO. Last time my Mit Lancer failed to start when reach ground level so a kind neighbour allow me to use Jumpstart cables using his car battery.

 

Jumpstart cable - Always have 1 in your car...

 

Wouldn't really recommend down ramps for jump starts because of the lack of run off after the ramps. I duno wanna be another jerk to wreck my car in a MSCP.

 

Agree on the jumpstart cable tho but its kind of messy to keep.

[Tigerwoods]

Wouldn't really recommend down ramps for jump starts because of the lack of run off after the ramps. I duno wanna be another jerk to wreck my car in a MSCP.

 

Agree on the jumpstart cable tho but its kind of messy to keep.

Yeah I know is dangerous, esp your car no power steering... the feel is different and you need to be careful with cars in MSCP.

Edited May 4, 2010 by Tigerwoods

[Satelitewhs]

I find push starting a manual car in 2nd gear easier than 1st gear.

 

What I did for my friend's old proton Saga last time was just engage 2nd gear, step on the clutch (to free the gear so that the car can be pushed), turn the key to Postion On and get 1-2 persons to push from behind. Once you feel the speed is there, then release the clutch (while the gear is still in 2nd) and the engine will start.

 

One more important thing, get the lightest person who knows what to do to drive the car. Imagin pushing the car with a 90kg person vs a 50kg person...