How Do You Learn To Drive A Stick Shift?
Why learn to drive a stick shift car? Here in the US, most people can’t drive a car with a manual transmission, but if you plan to travel to Europe you’ll find automatics are virtually unheard of and you’ll need to know how to drive a stick. But it’s also important because most high performance vehicles are only available as manuals, and even with “regular” cars, stick-shift cars average much better fuel economy (yay!), better performance, and much greater control. Though it’s an unusual skill, it’s not a difficult one to learn, so let’s get started in learning how to drive a stick shift! Run through things with the car off. With a manual transmission, you’re going to be doing all the shift work for the car. Typically, your car will have four or five regular speeds plus reverse. Your clutch is at the far left and you always engage it before changing gears. The car is in “neutral” when the gear stick is lose and wiggly and not in any of your gears. If the car is in neutral, it won’t go
