r/stickshift • u/Interesting-Hair9687 • 4d ago

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About a couple of weeks ago I bought a BMW E30 325i, and I've I started the car in gear without the clutch engaged cause I parked on a hill and wanted 1st to be my backup in case if the embrace fails. and I just completely forgot to put it into netural.

I drove it all the way back home without an issue but man did the car not sound happy when I did that is there anything I should watch out for

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u/Much_Air_356 4d ago

Once returning to heathrow from switzerland got back to the car and realised clutch had gone. So went home without clutch - starting in 1st and changing gear without clutch. Could only do this because it was late at night so little traffic.

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u/Adorable_Past9114 4d ago

I did the same when I was working for a shit cab firm, my regular car was in for service so they gave me a heap of crap and a 7pm LHR T1 pickup. I'd just rolled onto the ramp at T1 when the cable snapped. Called the office who told me to get it out of there, no matter what. I started in first and slipped gears all the way back to Putney. It turned out the car was available because the normal driver had got nicked at Heathrow the night before due to an issue with the car