29
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Interesting ๐Ÿค”.... I actually have never started a car in neutral, as far as I am aware, but yeah I would had the same issue as I would have expected it to work without the clutch in. (not form the US).

Now not sure if my car would work as in the US or as I expected and just turn on anyway without the clutch in.

[-] No1@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I could understand the clutch in requirement. So you don't leap forward starting it in gear.

Was taught to start a car under minimal load; no A/C, no heat, no lights, no wipers etc. And clutch normally involves hydraulics, so neutral means minimising trans load too.

But also, I've been in situations where people drive cars after the clutch has failed. 2nd gear, fire it up, then it's all about rev matching for changing gears ๐Ÿ˜†. AFAICT, you couldn't do it with the US ECU setup...

this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2023
29 points (82.2% liked)

Australia

3579 readers
116 users here now

A place to discuss Australia and important Australian issues.

Before you post:

If you're posting anything related to:

If you're posting Australian News (not opinion or discussion pieces) post it to Australian News

Rules

This community is run under the rules of aussie.zone. In addition to those rules:

Banner Photo

Congratulations to @Tau@aussie.zone who had the most upvoted submission to our banner photo competition

Recommended and Related Communities

Be sure to check out and subscribe to our related communities on aussie.zone:

Plus other communities for sport and major cities.

https://aussie.zone/communities

Moderation

Since Kbin doesn't show Lemmy Moderators, I'll list them here. Also note that Kbin does not distinguish moderator comments.

Additionally, we have our instance admins: @lodion@aussie.zone and @Nath@aussie.zone

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS