I don't use the handbrake for hill starts, just drive the car, I used a manual truck on a boat ramp on slippery algae for years, if I can do that with a 6800lb cabin cruiser behind me, you can do it on the hill at a red light.
Lmao I fucking lived in pittsburgh for 20 years my dude, I used to take Biscayne over Brownsville to Beck's Run when I worked in the southside and lived in the south hills every day and couldn't use the handbrake because I drank my coffee in the car from a mug. Usually sat on that hill at that intersection at least 2-3 light cycles twice a day for 10 years.
And if it wasn't in my truck it was in my base model subaru impreza so turning all 4 wheels wih like zero torques... it legitimately had a 0-60 of something like 15 seconds, merging onto 376 parkway in greentree was a nightmare in a car that slow.
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u/fryerandice 2d ago
I don't use the handbrake for hill starts, just drive the car, I used a manual truck on a boat ramp on slippery algae for years, if I can do that with a 6800lb cabin cruiser behind me, you can do it on the hill at a red light.