How Do You Drive A Stick Shift Car?
Driving a stick shift car isn’t difficult at all. With these guidelines you’ll know how to drive a manual transmission car in no time. We will need to start the car up so we turn the key but nothing happens. What gives? OK, have no fear. Nothing is wrong with the vehicle. With stick shift cars the clutch pedal must be pressed down, and then you turn the key and your vehicle will start up. Be sure that you have the car in neutral when starting it or your car will start dancing for you for a few seconds before shutting off if you have it in any other gear. OK, we now have the car started up. Now we push the clutch pedal down with our right foot also on the brake pedal and we put the car into first gear. Release the parking brake. The car is not moving yet, remember we have the car in first and both brake and clutch are down. The next step is what will take some hands on practice. Let go of the brake, that’s easy. Now the trickier part, you are now going to release the clutch slowly while