D05 Giving reactions to movies #1856

In this sentence, why is the word "with" put after the word "start"?

You need it.

"My car was slow to start this morning due to the cold weather"

= "the start was delayed"

"to start with" can also mean をはじめとして but in this case it describes the state at the beginning of something.

"The runners' pace was slow to start with, but picked up around the half-way mark."
"I found kanji very hard to start with, but after reading XYZ, it became a lot easier."

I think that this use of "with" probably comes from the older English word "withal", which has a sense of "despite" or "nevertheless":

"Being slow to start, withal, the merriment was soon in full flow"

This is very different from the other use of "to start with":

"He had a cup of coffee to start with, then went on to eat a full three-course meal"

(there is no sense of "despite" or "nevertheless" between the two parts of the sentence)

I just understand the meaning of "out of touch".

"Since leaving Japan, I've been really out of touch with the fashion trends there"

Compare with "in touch", which is the same as "in contact with", so it's like 連絡、交際

"Out of touch" is when you're not "in touch", but it's not used for everyday contact, but for contact with something abstract or general.

"Politicians today are completely out of touch with what the ordinary working person needs/wants/has to go through to make ends meet"
"Politicians today are completely out of touch with the common man"

I just don't understand the meaning of "out of touch".