I think hand clutch
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Foot pedal clutch or hand-paddle clutch? which is better
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TheriusLH44
, Nov 25 2016 04:50
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Bloggsworth
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Posted 26 November 2016 - 12:31
Don't be Luddites, a "Mind clutch."
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HP
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Posted 26 November 2016 - 13:02
Depends on how the pedal/paddle is constructed.
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HP
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Posted 26 November 2016 - 13:05
Don't be Luddites, a "Mind clutch."
I'd love that, Except for the times when I can't make up my mind when to apply the clutch ;)
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Posted 26 November 2016 - 23:15
IF Americans want to get fatter and lazier, a hand clutch.
I put that piece of lazy simplicity in the same category as cruise control.
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Posted 27 November 2016 - 03:03
After many (too many) years of driving I don't even want to think about unconventional things like hand clutch, left-foot braking, driving on the wrong side of the car (left side) or worst of all - driving a RHD car on LHD roads.
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Posted 27 November 2016 - 03:28
Fatter and lazier with a hand clutch...like a motorcycle?
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Lee Nicolle
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Posted 08 December 2016 - 07:00
I really do not know the point of this thread. The few vehicles left with a clutch have the universely accepted foot clutch.
Motorbikes have a handclutch as do a very few cars for disabled people. I once knew a chap with one leg who rallied a Datsun 1600 with a hand clutch [on the gear lever] after rallying an auto EH Holden for some period. But still drove the auto day to day.
As a classic speedway competitor in a Supermodified the majority of these have a hand operated clutch because of cockpit constraints. You literally have the gearbox between your legs! Go on the right foot and brake on the left
But for normal road use it would never be practical. Believe me it takes some getting used too, and very hard to manouvre back into the pit area as you need 3 hands. Ofcourse personally I do not have the girlie power steering. Which they never had in period anyway.
As for F1 & etc the hand clutch still does not really make sense, they may only use it too start and stop but judging the take up is hard work.
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Lee Nicolle
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Posted 08 December 2016 - 07:03
IF Americans want to get fatter and lazier, a hand clutch.
I put that piece of lazy simplicity in the same category as cruise control.
For us geriatrics cruise is very nice on the open road, driving distance without for me [and many others] is bloody painfull, more so in a normal passenger car. Though you do need to be more aware of the surroundings as idiots full in front and slow down, come out of side roads etc. It does take longer to get on the brake.
