First Time Learning Hill Starts in a Manual Car - Three Methods

Hill starts in a manual car can be a challenge for many new drivers. Watch a learner driver attempt to learn different methods of moving away on a hill in a manual car for the first time.

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00:00 Why now
01:39 Handbrake start
10:08 Stiff handbrake tip
11:06 Clutch practise
19:15 Hill hold assist
30:59 Stopping on a hill
32:33 Angle hill start
36:23 Clutch only

[RolandEgervari]

Class lesson, Richard! I wish we had such pleasant and meticulous tutors in Hungary – maybe my partner wouldn't be terrified of driving.

[Jackmawer]

It's so lovely to follow Emily's journey, I'm thankful to her for sharing her experience and it helps me a lot as a learner seeing a different perspective

[directorofnolearning]

Anyone else notice Emily doing the little salute with Richard at the end? 😂

[samurai]

Emily has gotten so much better with her clutch control, the progress is really good!

[Valmerix]

I struggled a lot with this when learning even though my learner car had hill assist, now I don't struggle at all without assist. Definitely one of the scarier parts of learning when you're on a hill and there's an expensive looking car a foot behind you on a steep incline.

[Ibrahimjordz_reviews_vibez]

If this instructor was in my local area I would be ringing up for a lesson his information and knowledge is spot on

[TheFullswordslord]

3 solid years of driving experience and I never knew or noticed that pushing the footbrake hard could help release the handbrake...

Thanks for teaching even us experienced drivers how to drive better. Keep up the good work, Rich! :)

[tetro]

You guys have become my favorite youtubers.. just got my very first manual. Been driving automatic for 17 years.I kept stalling and your videos have helped me understand better my new car. Thank you..

[zydol]

"If you ignore the hill, the hill will hurt you; if you listen to the hill, the hill will help you."
—Lao Tzu

[xiulpgi]

I drive for the past 12 years... i don't know what i am doing in this channel but i love it.

[yasminshaikh]

I wish I was in Colchester and was able to take lesson from you Richard. Every time my call rolls back on a hill my instructor only yells “Don’t let the car roll back.. DO YOU GET THAT!” And it panics me even more 😢

[walkingpizza]

The synced chrio at the end is AMAZING! really proud of Emilys progression well done Richard!

[azer]

10 mins in and can already tell this entire video can effectively teach the basics of clutch control on hills. Love your vids man, 100% helped me pass

[josephbrenz]

Yeyyy Emily is back with some progress 🎉❤

[karzo]

I passed my test today with 3 minors. I've been following your videos ever since I passed my theory test. Really appreciate the effort behind each of them. They were really helpful.

[ql]

I have passed on Thursday the 5th of October using hand controls as a disabled person. You got this Emily

[samantaxhelo]

I wish had you as my instructor, my first lesson he brought me to a busy road, I had to go through 3 roundabouts and the only thing that he showed me was the accelarator, brake and clutch, that's it!!! He didn't explain to me that the brake and the accelerator were more "sensitive" than the clutch, he didnt explain to me that I had to release the clutch up to the biting point and then give a little bit of gas, and he didn't tell me how to brake...but thanks to your videos I knew what to do and I never stalled, my driving was smooth, but I was pissed at him.

[lsoqnec]

Every learner is always anxious and nervous, concerned, worried and frightened - However, that is always a continuous feeling you will have throughout learning to drive, even when you feel confident and had 80 hours of learning/practice in the car with your instructor - I personally still feel the above emotions ... these emotions continuously will eat you alive. You will face different scenarios every lesson. there are more than a thousand driving scenarios - and you can not cover all those scenarios in 80 hours of driving lesson practice. But as long as you learn and keep practising your confidence grows enough so you can pass the actual driving practical test.

[epana]

My (ex) instructor didn’t take me through hill starts the way you have beautifully done. She just threw me in the deep end and was shocked to see me roll back/stall so much out of panic. Not to mention she had terrible arthritis so every time I made the car jerk she would cry out in pain, making me feel terrible.

Wish I had had an instructor like you to teach me manual!

[tekniro]

i love emilys confidence, really nice to see her back on the channel!