Clutch and gas

For all the drivers out there do you use gas first with the biting point or do you set the biting point and press the gas when you have released the clutch

push clutch all way down
slowly bring clutch up to biting point
press down on gas slowly and release clutch at the same time, that's what I was taught

Gas first then bite point. However, that said, if it's a diesel car, then bite point alone is enough.

Or a large petrol engine. Basically, anything that's putting out torque on the low end can do it. Anything else is just a crapshoot that may or may not have a fit when you attempt it.

That being said, it's bad practice. There's little reason to be moving off that slow unless you're in traffic. In which case there's little need to come to a stop anyway because these torquey engines are perfectly fine pulling weight as low as idle RPMs, just keep a bit of distance and don't be afraid to let the car pull itself at idle.

Yeah, definitely. It's certainly bad practice, but it's all dependent on the individual. I've known friends who only use bite point and swear by it - mainly because it's far simpler. I, personally, use gas then bite point - but that's because for me it's better.

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how much gas should you apply before reaching bite point?

Yeah, definitely. It's certainly bad practice, but it's all dependent on the individual. I've known friends who only use bite point and swear by it - mainly because it's far simpler. I, personally, use gas then bite point - but that's because for me it's better.

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how much gas should you apply before reaching bite point?

Spot the friends who were taught by a sub-par instructor in a diesel car 😄

God help them if they ever move to those poxy little 1 litre things.

I have my first manual driving lesson this evening. This clutch-gas thing has made me confused and now I'm terrified 😂

Tbh, I don't think they'd ever be seen dead in them.

Just set the gas to around 1500 rpm, lift the clutch to the bite point and proceed. This is the right way to move off.

It'll be a sad sad day if I ever end up in one of those bloody things with the engine screaming away... He says with his 13 year old 5 speed diesel that is almost definitely slower than said cars and will scream away at something like 2750 RPM doing bang on 70 🤣

Do I get bonus points for a faulty injector/glow plug loom as well? Can't even go full throttle in the bloody thing and getting it fixed could be a crap shoot because a used part could last 5 minutes or 5 years, while a new one will set me back £900+ because god forbid you buy one specific part instead of the entire wiring loom for the engine 🙄🤣

Either way, I think I'll be getting rid next year. Once I'm no longer hit by the young driver 'tax' I'll see what I can sink my funds into. Hopefully, providing my funds (and credit score) allow me, it'll be a Focus RS. Failing that, I might have to settle for an ST or a Joe Average spec. Really depends what kicks off really.


There is no single way that is right. There are so many variables. There is no single set RPM for setting off.