how to drive a stick shift transmition?

Question

tell me from start to finish how to drive a stick shift car
and tell me how to start it and how to put it into gear and drive

Answer 1

A stick is relatively simple. To start a manual transmission car you must hold in the clutch (far left pedal) when you turn the ignition. The car then needs to be put into gear. When you put a manual transmission car in gear, you MUST HOLD IN THE CLUTCH. Put it into first. Now here is the tricky part. You must release the clutch (smoothly and slow) while systematically applying your right foot to the accelerator. The car will probably buck the first few times you do this. Just remember, give it some gas. This is the most difficult part of a stick and it needs to be learned by feel. Once you have the car rolling in first gear, to shift upwards you need to be at a decently high rpm. You will need to push in the clutch, shift the shiftknob, and then quickly release the clutch. Past first gear, the clutch can be released much smoother and faster. When you come to a stop, you need to shift down. You may go from any gear to first, but make sure you are stopped before you actually go into first. Downshifting works similarily to upshifting (excluding double-clutching). If you are not going to come to a complete stop, shift into a lower gear. When you park the car, pull up the e-brake and put the car back into neutral. You can also leave the car in gear, which will lock the wheels, and just turn off the car, but this will create weare on the clutch so I wouldn't recommend it.

Stick is much better than automatic once you get the hang of it.

Answer 2

1) The gear map is USUALLY on top of the shifter. The middle line is "neutral". There you are not in any drive gear.

2) To start, depress the clutch all the way to the floor, put it in neutral, and start the car.

3) To start moving, put it in first while holding the clutch pedal down. If you need to go to reverse, there's often a button or switch or thing to pull up, or you have to push the shifter down to move into it (to prevent accidently shifting into reverse).

4) Give it a LITTLE gas while bringing up the clutch pedal. You will reach a sweet spot where it starts to move. Keep the gas constant, unless the car is bucking. Control your speed with the clutch, not the gas.

5) When you're fully into gear, assuming you're not backing up, you can give it more gas. As a general rule, you won't stay in first very long - you'll quickly be moving to second.

6) When you change gears, keep the gas relatively moderate (first 40% of the pedal down), depress the clutch and shift, then bring the clutch back up until it engages. Eventually fully release the clutch and control your speed with the gas from that point on.

7) Move up in gears until you get a driving speed you want and the engine isn't racing, or bucking from too low usage. You will probably have a tachometer. Most of your driving should be in the 2600 rpm range, although as you go faster and run out of gears, it will get higher.

8) When you come to a stop, if you can, come down in gears - but not to first - that's usually very tricky (it's a starting gear). Go into neutral at a stop light. Do all your clutch work with your left foot, your right is for gas and brake only.

Enjoy! It can be a real blast. Find a safe place to practice, though.

Answer 3

Learn the shift pattern of the particular transmission you will be using. It's usually a modified H pattern.
Find the friction point of the clutch with the engine running. You will have to learn to engage the gears smoothly at this point, especially for first and reverse.
Otherwise, just do as mentioned above.

Answer 4

I also prefer a manual over a automatic. I'm lucky enough to not live near very congested areas or have to drive in heavy traffic a lot. If that was the case, I would go with a automatic. I have a manual Mustang and every year I take it to a event for Mustang owners at the beach and traffic is terrible! When I rerun home afterwards my left knee is killing me from working the clutch. I think the old saying is true. "Once you learn how to drive a manual, you'll never want another automatic"

Answer 5

Turn car on (ensure shifter in Neutral)
Depress clutch
Put shifter into 1st
Modulate gas and release clutch to make a smooth getaway

To change gear, foot off gas, depress clutch, shift into 2nd, release clutch, hit gas.

Obviously this is the basic steps which will need lots of practice so expect to stall quite a bit and bunny hop until you get the hang of it.

Answer 6

You start in 1st, put the clutch in and give the car some gas just enough until you hear the engine start to work. Then you go and start shifting up. When you stop, you then shift down back to first you put the clutch in and hit the brake.

However, I failed miserably at driving a stickshift and therefore my parents got me an automatic and got rid of the stickshift! :P

Answer 7

Push in the clutch put it in gear ease on the gas slowly let off the clutch. when the RPM's get up push in the clutch and shift into the next gear.

Happy Christmas.

Answer 8

Think Old School,, In other words dont rely on anything you might find here, Ask your parents, Or anyone of a similar age group for a lesson.Its all I ever got, And I Started with a 71 VW,S\And Itll take time, Practice, But itll all fall into place, Trust me, it always the same

Answer 9

you have to hold the clutch every time you switch gears. the faster you go, the higher the gear you have to go. its kind of hard, because u have to push the gas and hold the clutch as switch gears with the stick shift. thats basically what you have to do every time. ive only had one lesson with it, so its kind of hard still for me, but you get used to it, and then its really easy.

Answer 10

Step on clutch, start the car in 1st. Rev up the engine till redline and let go the clutch all the way out.