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[Edd]

Kioshi, if you are keeping the car still with the clutch and the engine is still running, you will be slipping it tremendously. This is one of the biggest causes of premature clutch wear (along with riding the clutch).
If you are waiting at an uphill stop sign and want to "scare" the person behind you for tailgating or pulling up too close, just have the handbrake up and show them some reverse lights. I personally wouldn't do this, but rolling back and forth burning up the clutch and potentially hitting the car behind is much worse.

[Kioshi]

Originally Posted by Edd

Kioshi, if you are keeping the car still with the clutch and the engine is still running, you will be slipping it tremendously. This is one of the biggest causes of premature clutch wear (along with riding the clutch).
If you are waiting at an uphill stop sign and want to "scare" the person behind you for tailgating or pulling up too close, just have the handbrake up and show them some reverse lights. I personally wouldn't do this, but rolling back and forth burning up the clutch and potentially hitting the car behind is much worse.

Confused a bit at what your implying Edd.....
So on flat surfaces at a stop light., if i know the green light is going to come up i stick it in first gear and have the clutch fully pressed down all the way. Once it is green i let off little bit from the clutch and at same time i give it gas and let off the clutch slowly to not have any jerks and stuff. Is that correct? Because if I press throttle and let off clutch too fast it jumps and jerks....

Oh I didnt know that. Thanks for the advice. I'll try the reverse lights. Because people here park so close to you at a stop light, making is seem impossible to have the car roll back a little, and then go when it is green light. I hate tailgaters at uphills in California ~