🚀 go-pugleaf

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From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh

> What it boils down to is that the clutch is really only necessary to
> get the car moving from standing still because internal combustion
> engines (including diesels) have zero starting torque.  

When the hydraulic clutch on my A-H Sprite failed, I found out that
I didn't really need a clutch.  Most cars have an item called a
starter which gives the engine torque at 0 RPM.  In fact I had
enough torque to start the car in 2nd gear every time I came to
a stop sign or red light and couldn't creep through it.  The only
reason I can think of for having a clutch is so you can repair it
rather than the transmission and the starter motor.