Reply to "Start engine with clutch in"

dlearl476

@Large Dachshund posted:
@aircooled, thanks for the tip. I had no idea you could do the matching rpm trick. I actually lost my clutch cable on a drive, but I was able to hobble to the side of the road. I hope I never have to use that tip.

When I was a kid, my mom, little brother, and myself set out to drive from Utah to Arkansas in our 67 Bug to spend the summer with my mom's family. Just outside Vernal Utah our clutch cable broke. My mom, being the born and bred farm girl that she was, drove all the way to Denver (the nearest VW dealer) without using the clutch.

Of all the cars I've driven, VW/Porsche transmissions seem to be the easiest to do this with. VW's even have the shift points marked on the speedos.

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