• Szymon
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    1 year ago

    I had to bump start my first car for a period of time. It was a challenge to always find a hill to park on. Another cool trick was shifting gears without using the clutch by rev matching.

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      1 year ago

      I had a fried starter and a girlfriend who didn’t know how to drive a manual, so I had to ask her to push while I sat inside. Not the manliest day of my life…

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      1 year ago

      Drove two vehicles like that. One was a big ass dump truck that didn’t have reverse or 1st gear, and had to roll started. Popping a clutch in second was… A unique experience.

      The other was a little dodge raider that didn’t have first gear and had to be roll started. I had to pop the clutch in reverse every day. Lol. I was so happy when we got the clutch repaired. I loved that car so much. A month later it jumped time and we had to sell it. :(

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      My old man drove wrecks when I was growing up, being the 80s in the UK that meant manuals with electrical problems so I was familiar with both parking on hills and starting dead cars.
      Came in handy when I had to bump start the family car just last week. Just finished packing for the return trip from our holiday home only to discover the battery was low and didn’t have enough to crank. Jump leads were buried under all our luggage even if I found a donor, but luckily there was a slight incline on the driveway.
      Wifey got a bit flustered but the kids thought it was great fun.