Originally Posted by
gnappi
On a similar vein, when I teach a person to drive a manual transmission, I step up the idle to around 2k rpm, tell them to use ONLY the brake and just get the feel of the clutch to get the car rolling. They stall the car very few times, and in no time I have them driving.
My 1999 Passat had so much grunt off idle that all you had to do was lift the clutch to start moving. Even on a hill, it didn't matter, just lift and go. I don't remember the idle being more than 750 rpm.