I learnt to drive in a diesel toyota yaris, now I'm driving a petrol 1.4 VW

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Golf,why do i keep stalling it?!? I passed my test a week ago, whilst learning to drive in the diesel yaris I stalled it about 5 times in 4months.
Whilst driving my petrol 2001 golf for about 20minutes I stalled it about 5 times! I didnt bring the clutch up too quick. I feel like a learner again

I used to be such a good driver in my instructor's car, but in my own car I'm like another learner.

I mostly stall the car when moving off and when reversing I have to use the clutch and gas pedal together?! but in the diesel yaris i never used the gas pedal to reverse and I didn't stall it?!

Is this normal, for someone to pass their test and then drive like a learner in a different car?

Anyone else find the difference between petrols and disels weird?
or any advice on how NOT TO STALL!..and why is it stalling all the time

thanks
 
Diesel engines generally generate more torque than petrol engines. This is where the low down power comes from and is what allows you to reverse and do other low speed manoeuvres just using the clutch without needing to add gas. Trying this on a smaller petrol engine is likely to result in a stall because there is less torque on tap at tickover speed. It doesn't help that the 2001 Golf is a very big and heavy car for such a small engine.

What you need to practice is setting a certain amount of gas with your right foot but controlling the speed of the car by feeding the power in or out using the clutch with your left. It probably doesn't need a huge amount of revs and you'll get a feel for how much it needs the more practice you get with it.

Don't sweat it though. Even experienced drivers take a while to adjust to a new car. I had huge problems adjusting to my previous car and used to stall it quite regularly during the first couple of months I owned it.
 
you can let the clutch out on a diesel and give it hardly any or no gas and they`ll go just get used to keeping the revs higher in the golf, youll get used to it soon enough,
 
Assuming you have the clutch and gas under control, the difference could be that a diesel car produces higher torque at low revs than a petrol car - It has more 'grunt' so it will tend to pull away rather than stall. You probably just need to set the gas a little higher on your petrol car and you'll be fine.
 
A diesel engine of given size has more torque at low revolutions than a petrol engine. You need to give a petrol engined vehicle a bit more "gas" than the diesel vehicle that you were using when you were learning.
 
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