How to Drive a Manual Car

Many people struggle with driving manual cars in today’s day and age. A manual car is one not equipped with an automatic transmission. Manual transmission vehicles are also known as “stick shifts” or “standards”. Today readers will learn how to effectively learn to drive a manual vehicle with ease.

A manual vehicle.

Begin sitting in the driver’s seat of the car. Now compress the far-left pedal known as the clutch pedal. Next put the keys to the vehicle in the ignition found on the right side of the steering column in cars built for the American market besides Porsche (Porsche will typically have the ignition on the left-hand side). Now reach to the shifter located in the center of the vehicle and ensure that the stick goes left to right approximately 2 to 3 inches each way; this position is called neutral. After that, turn the key clockwise to the start position. Following that, release the spring-loaded key upon hearing a constant, low-pitched noise coming from the engine bay.

Afterward, with the clutch pedal still compressed, reach to the shifter once more and grab it firmly. Following that, put the shifter in the position that is indicated as 1 or L on top of the shift knob (this will typically be all the way to the left and up).

To begin moving, one now must give the vehicle some throttle/gas. To achieve this, people will locate the accelerator pedal furthest to the right. Following this, the driver must push the pedal down until the Tachometer that is located directly in front of them reaches approximately 1000 RPM (revolutions of the engine per minute). Begin to decompress the clutch pedal slowly while counting 5 seconds to get to the top of the clutch stroke

As one starts to move, compress the accelerator pedal down to go faster. As readers reach 3000 RPM, they must prepare to shift. To shift, readers must compress the clutch pedal down and release the accelerator while simultaneously moving the shifter from first to second gear by pulling all of the way down from the gear you are in. After that, readers must release the clutch pedal slowly again, followed by pressing the accelerator again

To continue driving, one must take the previous step and work their way through the gears until they reach the highest-numbered gear. When readers reach the highest gear, they must be careful not to over-rev the RPMs above 4000.

To stop, all that is necessary is to put the shifter in neutral and compress the middle pedal called the brake pedal until the vehicle stops. To begin moving after a stop, repeat all steps except the first.

In conclusion, if readers follow the previously mentioned steps, they should be able to drive a manual vehicle within the day they read this. Given these steps they may struggle at first, but, with perseverance, they will succeed in driving a manual car.