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From: Harry Bloomfield on 29 Apr 2010 15:47 Adrian has brought this to us : > Harry Bloomfield <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, > sounding much like they were saying: > >>> Modern? >>> >>> I don't think I've ever driven a car I can't do it with. > >> Most carburettured cars would tend to stall, unless you set a fast >> tick-over. > > I think your clutch control might need some practice. In what respect? You used to set the tick-over to be just fast enough to keep the engine running, not to be fast enough to provide power to pull the weight of car along. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Adrian on 29 Apr 2010 16:06 "Mortimer" <me(a)privacy.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > My VW Golf (1800 petrol, 1993) and my Renault 5s (1400 petrol, 1980 and > 1988) would not set off from rest with the engine idling and my foot > off the accelerator pedal on level ground even if I let the clutch up > gently: the engine invariably stalled. I can quite happily do it in 'erselfs 2cv - with an idle so low that I tend to give it a whiff of throttle at lights to smooth it out. I'm driving 'erselfs 205 at the mo - and just do it as a matter of course without thinking. I've even managed to get a (pre-common-rail) Merc Sprinter into 5th from standstill without touching the throttle... > Mind you, a modern VW Golf Mark 5 or 6 with a 1.9 TDI engine is > remarkably easy to stall if you don't give it enough accelerator and/or > let the clutch in a bit sharply: the Golf is the only diesel-engined car > that I've ever managed to stall several times on the trot while > test-driving it - very embarrassing! God, yes. The one I had as a rental for a week was a real PITA.
From: Ed Chilada on 29 Apr 2010 17:09 On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:54:47 +0100, Harry Bloomfield <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >Ed Chilada wrote : >> In very slow stop-start motorway traffic, putting your handbrake >> on/off and your car in and out of neutral every 10 seconds would get >> old very quickly. > >If you are stopping and starting every 10 seconds then you are doing >something very silly! Such as?
From: Brimstone on 29 Apr 2010 17:10 "Ed Chilada" <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote in message news:3ctjt5thc49hog9jmd73f7ualv8uufbh5u(a)4ax.com... > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:54:47 +0100, Harry Bloomfield > <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > >>Ed Chilada wrote : >>> In very slow stop-start motorway traffic, putting your handbrake >>> on/off and your car in and out of neutral every 10 seconds would get >>> old very quickly. >> >>If you are stopping and starting every 10 seconds then you are doing >>something very silly! > > Such as? > Starting and stopping every ten seconds?
From: Harry Bloomfield on 29 Apr 2010 17:32
Ed Chilada submitted this idea : > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:54:47 +0100, Harry Bloomfield > <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > >> Ed Chilada wrote : >>> In very slow stop-start motorway traffic, putting your handbrake >>> on/off and your car in and out of neutral every 10 seconds would get >>> old very quickly. >> >> If you are stopping and starting every 10 seconds then you are doing >> something very silly! > > Such as? Such as not allowing more of a worthwhile gap to develop ahead of you. Such as pulling forward too quickly. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk |