how do you drive a manual/stick shift?

Answer 1

Its pretty simple, but it all depends on the condition of the car. I found it much easyer to learn on a truck since the stick was longer. What you do is put the gear in neutral, press the cluth pedal and hold it in and then turn the ignition swithc to turn the car on. Once the car is on you can let go of the clutch pedal. O.K. now you are ready to get the car moving, you whant to press the cluth pedal in hold it and put the gear in to first, once you do that you want to eccelerate just a little bit, and start letting go of the clutch pedal at the same time. not too fast and not too slow, once you have released the clutch pedal all the way you should only have your foot on the eccelerator. If you feal that the car is going to turn off during this process push the clutch pedal back in, and trie doing the process once again. Once you are advancing on first gear check your RPM(Repetitions per minute) once they hit 3 or 3,000 you whant to push the cluth pedal in whyle you are releasing the eccelerator and shift in to second gear then you whant to press the accelerator pedal whyle you are releasing the clutch pedal. Woah this is very hard to explain, i'm pretty sure there is a website for this and it will give you better detail. But that should give you a picture on how to start. Good luck. Here trie this web site www.learnstickshift.com

Answer 2

You should always be sure you know the shift pattern before you go anywhere the first time on the car. Be sure to remember that neutral is right in the middle. There is no Park like in an automatic transmission. To start the car, put your foot all the way down on the clutch, and then start the car. You need to have your foot on the clutch, no matter what gear you're going into. When you're driving, after you shift, you have to ease off the clutch, or else your car might start bouncing. The BMW manual transmission, and some other companies, have reverse first, then the gears. When you shift down, you have to make sure you don't go to reverse instead of first. Chevy Corvette's have it where seventh gear would be in a car, and it has 6 speeds. When you're driving that car, and you're in 6th gear, you have to make sure that you don't think that you need to shift to another gear, or else you're going to go to reverse while doing like 50 miles-per-hour. Even with cars with reverse under 5th you have to be careful with. A car with a good shift pattern is a Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec-V. It has reverse in a good spot, and all cars should have it their, too.

Answer 3

1. from neutral press clutch, place in 1st gear
2. add gas
3. release clutch gradually while increasing throttle
4. release clutch all the way
5. roll away happily
6. repeat steps for other gears (first gear is the toughest)

but, if you would like to do a burnout ***
1. press clutch, place in first gear
2. rev to about 3000 RPM (or higher for low horspower vehicles)
3. pop the clutch, add gas
4. wheels should be spinning

*** I don't advise burnouts for a beginner and don't smoke your tires on a public road. Practice at a closed course or track with an instructor. (this burnout section was for entertainment purposes only)

Answer 4

first,push the clutch in and start your car,now put it in first gear,now while your giving it a little gas,let the clutch out the same time and when it gets moving,just keep giving it some gas and when you get moving pretty good,push the clutch in and go to second and the same way for 3rd and 4th.if you got a 5th gear,its for open highway.when you come to a stop,dont forget to push the clutch in before you stp.if you dont the car will stall.its really easy,its just getting use to how much gas to give it and where the clutch takes hold.