I have no ideas about manual car functions, would experienced manual car drivers enlighten me in detail about?

Question

After I turn on the ignition, I hit the break first, then hit the clause and move the gear “P” position to gear 1, and then hit the accelerator slowly. As I want to increase the speed, I go to gear 2, 3, 4, and 5 respectively. What I do not understand are the following:

1. The manual car is parked. There are no vehicles around (open field). Now can I start the engine, hit the break, hit clause, move the gear “P” position to gear 5, and release the break at the same time. Does this make my manual car move? If no, why not? If yes, can I speed up the car hitting the accelerator now?

2. Suppose I am driving my manual car at 60 zone. My gear position is at 5 gear position. I see the red light and I hit the break to slow down to a stop before the light without changing the gear. Can I do this? If no, why not? In addition, after the green light, if I hit the accelerator with the gear position 5 with an intention to speed up, what will happen? Will that work?

Answer 1

You only turn the key once the clutch and brake are pressed. Not Before. All most all cars are made to not crank without pressing the clutch and brake first.

Once the car is running, you ease up on the clutch while at the same time, easing down on the gas. It's a balancing act that takes practice, especially taking off up a hill. Think of it as a beam scale. One goes up, the other must go down at the same rate.

You left foot is for the clutch. Your right foot is for the Gas and Brake. That means you are either giving it gas or pressing the brake. You should never try to do both. If you have your right foot on the brake, you must have the clutch pressed down until you learn to shift like a pro. If you don't have the clutch pressed before you come to a full stop, then your car will stall. Down shifting and engine braking will come naturally once you know how to shift.

The car will stall if you try to start in 5th. You start in 1st always. If the road is wet or slippery or you have a high torque engine, it's ok to start in 2nd so you don't spin the wheels.

You can't start out in 5th because 5th gear is for low torque and high horse power. Torgue makes you move if you aren't already moving, Horse Power makes you move faster if you are already moving. 1st gear is High Torque and Low Horse Power. The ratio of Tourqe to HP changes as you shift up or down.

Answer 2

1. If you start in 5, you will stall the car. Always start in 1.

2. Yes you can slow down that way, but its not considered good driving. If you hit the gas with the stick in 5, you WILL stall. As in 1 above, always start in first gear (1)

Answer 3

Manual Car? Break? Clause? 60 zone? PARK?!! My gosh! you spelled accelerator correctly.

Answer 4

UHhhh,,,why don't you just have a friend give you a ride in their car, and you can watch.
Because you have quite a learning curve there ahead of you.