| how do you know when to shift gears in a manual car?

how do you know when to shift gears in a manual car?

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just baught a manual car and i’m starting to learn how to drive stick. just want to know when ti down shith and whhen to shift to the correct gear. aybody got any tips that can help? thanks

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2 Responses to “how do you know when to shift gears in a manual car?”

  1. Jay P on April 8th, 2009 8:15 pm

    Does the car have a tachometre? If yes, shift somewhere between 2500 rpm and 3500 rpm ( generally speaking, the larger the engine, the lower the rpm you can upshift ). What you want to avoid is ‘lugging’ the engine. If the engine begins to shake and vibrate when you upshift, you have upshifted too soon and the engine can’t handle the load. Downshift back to original gear and speed up a little before upshifting again.

    If the car doesn’t have a tach., you have to shift by engine sound or by watching the speedometre for predetermined shift points ( you can find those inside the owner’s manual ).

  2. bobweb on April 9th, 2009 7:54 am

    The main thing is you don’t want to “lug” the engine when you shift to the next gear while accelerating from a stop or going up a hill. Always keep the engine RPMs high enough so the engine doesn’t sound like it’s going to stall. Here’s a tutorial: