Driving Up Lombard Street San Francisco
Driving up Lombard Street in San Francisco takes patience and a quick foot. If you have a manual transmission you'll need to exercise care when releasing the clutch. Even cars with automatic transmissions squeal tires driving up Lombard Street. Every time you go from gas to brake the car rolls back until the motor moves the car forwards. On Lombard Street its quite normal to smell burning rubber from tires and clutches. Lombard Street is best driven in a rental car.
