That is even worse, because you are wearing the clutch as well as the throw-out bearing.

Both our daughters learned to drive a stick at 16. We lived on the side of a mountain. They had to do repeated start/stops on hills, at every four way stop, and in several different vehicles that all had different clutches. I taught them with the use of the handbrake, but the driving instructors wanted them to be able to do it without touching the handbrake. It is all in the coordination.

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