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Stick Shift
Can you give me step byy step instructins on how to drive a stick shift?
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the only way you can learn how to drive a stick is to get a feel for the gears, and unfortunately, every car has a different clutch, but i will do my best:
in an automatic car there are two pedals: brake (left) and gas (right).. and hopefully you only use your right foot for each since you should only need to do one at a time.
in a manual car, there are three pedals: CLUTCH (left), brake (middle), and gas (right). same as an automatic, you should use your right foot for brake and gas as normal. the part that gets tricky is engaging gears (especially into first gear).
two things to keep in mind: depressing the clutch disengages the gear from the gas, which means you can floor the gas and all you will hear is engine noise because the gear is not engaged. so, this is pretty much the equivalent of being in neutral (the shift-stick being in the middle area instead of forward/back).
when engaged in first gear (shift-stick should be forward left) you need to slowly press on the gas while lifting your foot off the clutch. it's like a pass-the-baton game that will make the car jerk and grind if you get it wrong. work on making the transition as smooth as possible-- the result should be your left foot coming completely off the clutch and your right foot using the gas as you normally would in an automatic. don't feel bad if you stall out (which you will). just turn the car off and start it up again (WITH THE STICK IN NEUTRAL and your foot on the clutch!)
good luck!
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I'm not really that good at it, neither am I good at explaining it. But here's a few links/videos that will help:
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I hope those help ;]
--Jack
(16/m)
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