Learning to drive a manual transmission car is easier than it looks. Below are a few tips on how to start the car, shift the gears and start driving. Patience is most important while learning to drive, so don’t get disappointed if you don’t get it right the first time you try.

2. Learning to drive a manual transmission car is
easier than it looks. Below are a few tips on
how to start the car, shift the gears and start
driving. Patience is most important while
learning to drive, so don’t get disappointed if
you don’t get it right the first time you try.
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3. 1. Before starting the car, play around with the
gear stick while the clutch is pushed all the
way in, to find out exactly where each gear is
and how to get there smoothly and easily.
Find neutral which is, usually in the middle
where the stick can easily be moved from side
to side without the clutch being engaged.
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4. 2. With the gear shift in neutral, push the
clutch pedal in all the way down and turn
the key to start the car.
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5. 3. With the clutch still depressed, move the gear
stick into first gear and slowly start to release
the pressure on the clutch. The car will start
moving forward. Play with feeling of where
the “biting” point is just before the car stalls.
Practice until you know just where that point
is.
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6. 4. As soon as you feel the point where the engine
is becoming engaged, the “biting” point,
slowly begin to add some gas. If you give too
little gas the car will stall, if you give too much
the engine will start overheating and burn out
the clutch. If you take your foot off the clutch
while the car is in first gear.
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7. 5. While engaged in first gear, you want to get
to the happy medium where you can play
with letting the clutch in slightly just before
the engine stalls, and adding a little more
gas, which will keep the car stationery just
waiting for some more gas to get going.
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8. 6. You will be able to hear when the point is
reached where you need to push the clutch
down, let go of the gas pedal, and shift to
second gear. Let out the clutch smoothly and
gently accelerate.
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9. Congratulate yourself when you have managed
to get the hang of it, and enjoy your driving
experience.
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