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How Do you drive a Manual transmission?

asherman610 asked:


I just bought a new car (Handai eluntra) and it is a manual trans, Im jus started to learn how to drive it but im haven a hard learning is there anyone tha can tell me tha easyiest way to learn?

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7 Responses to “How Do you drive a Manual transmission?”

  1. suninfla on May 8th, 2009 11:41 pm

    Let the clutch peddle up slowly like you are going to break a egg if it comes up to quickly. Once it starts to engage slowly push the accelerator peddle. It will become natural over time. Good luck.

  2. rohenrikson on May 10th, 2009 9:20 pm

    Find an empty parking lot with speed bumps that force you to start and stop, slow down and speed up…

    …or, have someone park the car on a hill and work on starting from a stop on the hill….rinse and repeat.

    The whole idea is repetition with starting and stopping and there has to be a lot of work on hills.

  3. john l on May 11th, 2009 4:48 pm

    practice, practice practice !!!!!!!!!

  4. belinda on May 12th, 2009 1:13 am

    Find someone to watch. It’s not complicated once you get the hang of it, but it will take a while to get it. Remember: the more gas you give, the less clutch you need. Don’t be afraid to rev it up a little while you’re learning to get going from a stop. Revving is better (and less embarrassing ;) than bucking and stalling! It’s a coordination issue, and you’ll get it soon. Good luck!

  5. atlchick1983 on May 16th, 2009 12:52 am

    Practice, Practice, Practice. Once you learn when & how to shift, that’s all a person can teach you. You have to learn the car and the clutch, gas corridnation on your own. I bought an eclipse and couldn’t drive it. But I stuck with it and it took me about 3 wks of driving nothing but that stick shift to learn. You will want to quit but don’t, stick with it you’ll get it.

  6. oklatom on May 16th, 2009 12:42 pm

    If you bought a new car, why did you go with a manual transmission? For the same price you could have had an automatic.

    At any rate, I’d find someone who can drive a manual who would be willing to show you. After that it’s a matter of practice.

  7. Dr-G on May 16th, 2009 4:28 pm

    Get to a large open and empty parking lot. I personally learned to drive at a theme park (six flags). That way you can have a lot of room without a lot of things to hit. I assume you’ve gotten the car to go forward. Put the car into first and slowly let out the clutch. Practice this for about 20 min or until you can get the car to move forward without any jerkiness and smoothness is your motion. Keep it in first. You may or may not have a shift indicator. (flashing light that then turns solid at a specific RPM) For get about it for a second. Listen to the engine, get familiar with the noise as you accelerate. At a certain rpm your going to want to shift, its different on every car. Over revving the engine will cause you to jerk when shifting to second, likely squealing the tires, under revving the engine will cause you to kill the engine (torque of the drive train greater than that of the engine) Eventually you will learn to listen when its time to shift. The rest of the gears and down shifting will come with practice.