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Overview of How to Drive Stick Shift

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  • caminocookie21 Flag

    Accelerating
    When accelerating in stop and go traffic, how do I know what gear to shift into at any given mph? example: I'm in fifth gear going 40mph traffic slows down and I drop my speed to 20-25mph. What gear should I shift to?

  • p1n3b0n3 Flag

    lol
    Dear caminocookie, Im from Hungary, and in our country almost everybody drives cars with manual transmission(because of lower fuel consumption), so it is really weird that people has driving-licence without knowing that manual transmission exists. How to drive a manual t.? Just drive it. After a few months you will not asks questions like this. I drived car with automatic transmission, and it is horrible.: you not feel the engine, do not know what exatly will happen if you push the gas-pedal. e

  • p1n3b0n3 Flag

    lol2
    example.: when you have to overtake a car, in manual you shift back, the engine runs about 3500-4500rpm, and when the moment comes, just push the gas(do not have to max) and the car shoots out like you want it. In automatic, you have to push the pedal to the maximum, and then you must wait about 1-1,5sec to gain power.(complete loss of fuel and sluggish reaction) Automatic transmission is for the people who do not want to feel driving, and for comfortable ride, and have money for more fuel consu

  • p1n3b0n3 Flag

    lol3
    consumption. Returning to your question: can you ride a bicycle? and how you do it? See? i tell you how the transmission works and you find your answer.: The engine is rotating, it has a range of rotating speed. it is usually from 800-6500rpm(rpm- rotate per minute). So the transmission transformes the rotating in to a smaller or higher rotate speed, what is turn to the wheels(turning off/on with clutch). Example is my car: in first gear the speed i can reach: 29mph. 2. 56mph 3. 75mph 4. 100mph

  • p1n3b0n3 Flag

    lol4
    5. 125mph. But this speeds in each gear is in full engine speed, so its about 6500rpm. In usual driving you use first gear to start the car moveing, 2. gear to accelarate to 23mph, 3. gear to reach 34mph, 4. to 44mph, and after 45mph turning in to the fifth, and go as fast as you want. The engine rotating speed in normal driving(i mean in town, or not in hurry etc.) have to be about the range when the engine can transmit the maximum of torque. Its about 3000 rpm. (Every car has other value) So w

  • p1n3b0n3 Flag

    lol5
    So when accelerating, its good from 1500 to 3500 rpm, so the max torque speed is about in middle of that range. But in all cars you can feel the engine, so it can change your driving style. Also when keeping speed steady, it is necessery to switch to higher gear, because of fuel consumption. so about 40mph you can go in fifth gear, and when you need much power, its recomended to swith back to 4. or 3. even 2. gear(it depend of situation). Its a lot difference between automatic and manual, for me

  • p1n3b0n3 Flag

    lol6
    Its a lot difference between automatic and manual, for me best is the manual. Automatic is for the old womans:). (all i written is a car with benzine type of fuel. diesel is for trucks, in cars sucks(havier, sluggish, shity noise).

  • p1n3b0n3 Flag

    lol next
    and your example was 20-25mph, so when you slowed down to this speed, you can change gear to the followed: 2. 3. 4.(maybe you can change to 1.gear but engine can "prohibit", "ban" i dont know the right word Im hungarian sorry for my english. even you can left in 5. gear but maybe it will to low engine rotate speed and it can shut down). So in this range the best is 2.3.4. 2.-for keeping engine high, for using high power after, 3. is the best balanced in this speed, 4. when you see a lot cars in

  • p1n3b0n3 Flag

    lol next2
    4. when you see a lot cars in traffic and they will keep speed stady at this range.

  • p1n3b0n3 Flag


    after a few months of driveing(dayafterday) automatically you will know when which gear is needed. Like i said the bicycle: you do not handle yourself with keeping the bike middle, you do it automatically.

  • Gerald Flag

    Thanks for this video!
    shifting from 2nd gear to 3rd gear, but accidentally I, shift it to 5th gear. What is the correct procedure or what will i do?

  • TBudel15 Flag

    Thank You
    Wow these videos helped me so much on how to drive a stick shift. Thank You!

  • servinghim Flag

    tthankyou
    i want to thank you for making this, its helping me to drive a 5 speed after many years of driving an automatic GODBLESS

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Jumi is a founding member, president and CEO of Capital Dream Cars— Washington, DC’s premier exotic car rental company as featured in The Washington Post, Goss’ Garage, and SpeedTV.com. The business was inspired by a hobby and a need. Apart from owning her own exotic cars, Jumi would travel to Formula One races with friends and family—to Montreal twice for the Canadian Grand Prix and to Indianapolis for the United States Grand Prix—but when she looked to rent a Ferrari locally, her search came up dry. So, after much pioneering determination, she and two business partners launched Capital Dream Cars in March 2006 to fulfill the “dream car” dreams of Capital Area car enthusiasts like them. Growing up, Jumi always enjoyed driving, but it wasn’t until she learned to drive stick about 15 years ago and bought her first stick vehicle—a little green Acura Integra GS-R that still takes up a spot in her garage (and still runs great at nearly 200k miles!)—that she understood driving on a whole different level, not just as a way of getting from here to there. And perhaps it was her own small way of rebelling against the gender stereotype that girls can’t drive, let alone drive stick. Although she doesn’t presume to be a great technical driver, she enjoys driving fun cars and sharing her enthusiasm with others, which is, after all, what car enthusiasm is all about.

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Jumi Kim: Hi, I am Jumi of Capital Dream Cars. I hope you have enjoyed learning how to drive a manual transmission car. In this series, I have shown you what the clutch and gear box are, how to turn the engine on and off, how to shift gears, how to drive downhill, uphill, around corners and in stop and go traffic and what to avoid when driving stick. Remember don't panic or freeze up. Everyone makes mistakes at the beginning. Just focus on what your hands and feet need to do next. Pretty soon, with consistent practice, you won't even have to think about the steps any more. You will be able to do them naturally and unconsciously. I hope that learning how to drive stick will make driving more enjoyable for you. See you on the roads in your manual transmission car.

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