On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 18:15:29 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

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>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 14 Jun 2014 20:09:40 -1000, dsi1
>> > wrote:
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>>>On 6/14/2014 4:03 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> On 6/14/2014 9:35 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> I did pass the test with a stick, and you also had to parallel park or
>>>>> you didn't pass. To this day, I'm a great parallel parker, but the
>>>>> stick
>>>>> shift is a nightmare in hilly places like San Francisco. I love
>>>>> automatics.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheri
>>>>
>>>> Some have a "hill holder" that keeps the brake on when you put the
>>>> clutch in. Very handy on a steep incline.
>>>
>>>My Subaru used to have one of those. I'm probably one of the few people
>>>that know how to adjust those things. When set up correctly, it's pretty
>>>slick but who the heck knows how to do that?
>>
>> My Forester also had it (manual gearbox). All you have to do is
>> release the clutch as you normally would and away you go.
>
>On a hill though you have to hold it on the clutch and accelerator when you
>release the handbrake before you can pull away.

Yes, normally. But my Forester has the 'hill holder', which means no
need for the handbrake when on an incline. I didn't even know it had
it, until I stopped at some lights on a hill for the first time.

To disengage it, all you need to do is let the clutch pedal out a
little bit, doesnt need to be enough to engage the clutch though.