Amen to that. One of my friends was having trouble backing up hill the other day because his instructor had ingrained in his head that you absolutely cannot use both the brake and throttle pedals at the same time.
Varies on the car. Some will failsafe off with no fuse. Some ECUs will detect the tamper state and flash warnings. --- Post updated --- This again goes against my doctrine. Outside the US, most people are taught how to drive manual not automatic. In the UK, majority of roadgoing vehicles are manual. Good luck balancing the clutch, brake and throttle. But you do have a handbrake, chuck car in reverse, bring clutch to bite, bit of throttle, can feel car fighting parking brake, release it, go.
I wish people here had to at least try to drive a stick, they might actually understand cars a bit more than "go pedal and stop pedal." I drive a manual but my park brake is on the floor so I usually just use the hold the brake until I feel the clutch start to grab, let off the brake and let the clutch all the way out at the same time, then apply throttle as needed. It's nice having 600 lb-ft of torque.
I was introduced to a stick shift by my parents. My mom has a stickshift mini cooper, the clutch pedal was hard to push down, so not the best of car to try and learn. Its pretty easy once you get the hang of it, but i was and still am having trouble getting going from a stop. i havent driven it in a while though. If i did anything more than daily driving, i would probably look into buying a car with a stick shift.
2002 Ram 2500 with a Cummins. That's peak torque though so it probably doesn't make that much at idle.
Oh damn. The only diesels we drive in nobody-cares-about-us-anymore-land are base model 1-series BMWs (with steel wheels) that people buy in an attempt to show off.
94 Ram 3500 with a 12 Valve Cummins, fuel plate removed, 90 HP injectors, timing advanced 15°, it's somewhere near 350 HP / 800 ft lbs. I actually can't do hardly anything else to this truck or it will shred the clutch, but's not difficult at all to get 1000 ft lbs from these, 1500 isn't unbelievable. You can even see my fat, wasp stung wrist in this video as an added treat. This year's Diesel Power Challenge dyno winner was a 6.7 Cummins, I'm not super sure what the build consisted of, but I know the end result was 1,000 HP and something like 1,900 ft-lbs. I'm shocked at how many people I find nowadays that can't drive a manual, I work with two guys that can't drive them, one of whom I only learned couldn't drive stick after I dropped him off at a truck to bring back to the shop, about 5 minutes after l leave I get a call from him telling me he can't drive the truck, and that I have to come back and trade him trucks.
Yeah mine actually has 610 lb-ft stock and it doesn't take much to get some big numbers. Any diesel, but Cummins especially, you can do a few simple mods and/or a tuner and make lots of horsepower and torque over stock, and probably get better fuel economy too. --- Post updated --- I can understand not knowing how to drive stick if you live close to where you work and bike or walk most of the time, other than that though I think some sort of experience with a manual is a good idea. Along with learning the basics of a manual trans, I think a ride along in a full-size semi should be a requirement for a license. I get pissed off when people cut off trucks, or even when I get cut off pulling a trailer and I don't think it would happen as often if people A. knew how annoying it is and B. understood that they are toying with death whenever they do that.
That's similar to how the CDL test is now, as of last year, you can still get it, however you'll have a restriction on your CDL until you re-take the driving portion of the test with a manual.
My father used to drive over the road. He drives locally now, and I've ridden along with him. Long story short, one time, if we were loaded, we would've run over the ass of a station wagon going 20 below the speed limit (which was 60) that cut us off.
I never cut semi trucks off. I compain about my type r gear set and shifting a lot, than I think about 18 gears and a Rev range that's a fifth of the size of mine. I respect long haul truckers as real Profesional drivers. In stark contrast we have NYC taxis that are all hacks. I've NEVER been done dirty by a trucker now that I think about it.
Yeah I know not to mess with trucks, I cut up a truck and something makes me have to slow down, and boom that truck is not gonna slow down as fast as I can, that truck is not going to be stopped by me. @lukerules117 There is why you dont drive below the limit. Trucks. Truck comes bearing down on you and hasnt seen that your moping around at half the limit, he is not stopping for you, he is ploughing through you, if you are going to drive below the limit, follow a hauler at a safe distance and match their speed. Trucks in motion, easily 40+ tonnes regardless of country, some countries higher weights still. That is not stopping. No amount of v8 luxobarge is saving you from being squished.
I feel I should point out that with an 18 speed, you don't necessarily shift 18 times between sitting still and cruising speed. Think of an 18 like a 5 speed with low, you have first, second, third and fourth where you expect them to be, however once your in "fourth" you flip the range selector to the high side and go back to first, and go through "first", "second", "third", and fourth again, that the same basic gear layout for most 8-9-10-13 and 18 speeds, but with an 18 you have the ability to split every gear, as in you have 1st-Lo, and 1st-Hi, 2nd-Lo, and 2nd-Hi, 3rd-lo and 3rd-Hi, and so on through 8th. Just mentioning this for clarity's sake, as I know some people think and 18 speed means 18 individual shifts. Also, once your moving, stop using the clutch, it's easier on the transmission, assuming you know what your doing and not grinding everything.
This is a very extreme example, but it still applies. It looks like they were all being held up by the white jeep at the front.
I heard the driver had fallen asleep/was distracted, hence why it didn't look like he slowed down at all. But even still, regardless of that video, All above about semi trucks unable to stop fast enough as a regular car exactly. @lukerules117 If you think traveling well below the minimal speed limit is "fine" for you, expect to get violently rear ended by a semi truck traveling around 68mph that can't avoid a car driving that slow on the highway, or have alot of pissed off people shouting at you for holding them up as they try to get to work, school or where ever they need to be.. The only reason why some highways and freeways have posted minimal speed limits, is because there's laws that make any speed lower than 40mph illegal, and hence will cause accidents and fuck up the flow of traffic, regardless of statistics or not. Even if you don't cause an accident, you'll be forever known by people as that dumbass that held them up for an important meeting, appointment, or emergency, Also, it doesn't matter even if you drive on the highway during the hours when it isn't as busy, the last thing highway patrol needs is having to warn/cite/write you a ticket for "driving sensibly" well under the minimal speed limit, just because you, personally, think it's "safe" for you. The officer's not going to have your mindset when you explain to him why you think it's "safe". He's going to tell you to either speed up, or get off the highway if you're that chicken shit scared.
