Guide For Beginners On Driving Stick Shift

By James Lee


Many people are confused in operating different machines in which have a small difference with the ones they have been using. When have driven an automatic car all your life, it will be hard to driving stick shift car if you have never done this before. Therefore it is important to understand how this works in order to help someone with this type of car when you get them in a problem or when you purchase this model.

However, there are some tips in which you are supposed to understand before making your first move. The first thing is that you need to practice this from a secluded place where there are no people like in a stadium to avoid causing accidents. This will save you time and money if careful enough.

After getting in the car and making yourself comfortable, you are supposed to push the clutch in before starting the locomotive to check if gears were disengaged when the engine was stopped. Therefore must make sure your gear lever is free by ensuring it is moving from one side to the other freely. By making sure the care is on safe grounds, you can now start the engine.

By this time, you will be exited which can make you lose control and make an accident. Push the clutch in and engage gear number one which is at furthest corner from the driver seat. Then release hang on to pedal slowly while pushing the accelerator pedal also slowly and the car will start moving. After gaining power, the car will start moving and you should release clasp fully and push the accelerator to a speed you can control.

The other step is to change the gears from number one to number two. You have to make sure you are able to navigate on the road before selecting the gear. You need to step on clutch at once while releasing the gas pedal at the same pace and engage the next gear. Gear number two is located opposite of number one and you will only have to lower the stick past neutral.

You will have to change the gear after some time and this will be hard if you have no idea what to do. Therefore you need to step on the clutch and push it in while releasing the gas pedal at the same speed. Once hang on to pedal is down, drop the lever from number one to number two which is just below number one past the neutral.

If you want to perfect on this, you have not to rush in speeding because this might cause more harm than good. Therefore remember to practice on this until you master all the gears and the time in which you must disengage and engage another. This will be taking shorter time if you are keen on the procedure and try to repeat the process regularly.

Before you switch the engine off, disengage all the gears to neutral and pull the handbrake. Now it is the right time to switch the engine off. Rep-eat the process over and over again until you are certain you can do it on road. Asking for help from an experience driver in this type of model is advisable.




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