If you know your tranny, the clutch is redundant. Anybody have one of those
old air cooled beetles ... the ones with the clutch cables that would break?
Get it rolling with the starter, and shift at those shift points that were
conveniently marked on the speedometer face. Tachometer ... we don't need no
stinkin tachometer!!! I remember when that thing would get stuck in the
snow, put it in gear, get out and push, and jump back in when it got
rolling. And when one cylinder went bad, just replace that cylinder ... and
only 4 bolts to remove too pull out the motor to work on it on the bench.

So for me on a few occasions, the most clutch friendly way to get started
was ... put it in gear and use the starter :-)


"Peter D. Hipson" > wrote in message
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> I really wish I could describe it in an email, but basically you want
> to minimize slipage on startup as much as possible... This does
> require a transmission with a low first gear, if possible.
>
>
> Heck, I've seen drivers who slip the clutch each shift (hit the
> accelerator then let up the clutch slowly--clutch death!)
>
>
> On 30 Jan 2005 11:05:09 -0800, wrote:
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> >
> >
> >What is the best way to get going with a standard in terms of clutch
> >friendly?
> >
>