How To Drive A Manual Car for Beginners :: Lesson #3

****************** ****************** 0:00 Shift them gears! 3:12 Shifting Information - Owner's Manual 4:00 Shifting Speeds 4:20 Shifting with Tachometer 5.42 Shifting for Fuel Economy 6:09 Quiet Area to Practice Shifting 7:00 Experience 8:10 Freeplay 9:24 Transmission Shift Pattern 10:10 Clutch & Throttle Motion 12:00 Tuc the Truck 12:25 Driving and Shifting 20:39 Conclusion 23:24 Question - Do you have any exercises for new drivers learning how to drive a manual car that will help to shift the gears? 24:37 Blooper HOW TO DRIVE A STICK SHIFT If you're learning to drive a stick shift, the specific gears, their speeds and the revs of the engine will be in the owner's manual. If you are driving an older vehicle, the owner's manual will be in paper form, early-2000s, the owner's manual will be electronic, and if you have a new vehicle with telematics, the owner's manual will be on the vehicle's display. When shifting a manual car for fuel economy: the lowest rev for the highest gear will give you maximum fuel economy. As well, the faster you get through the gears, this technique too will give you better fuel economy. Think strategically about where you're going to practice to learn to shift through the gears. Start off in a parking lot or other quiet area where there isn't too much traffic and you can concentrate on shifting the transmission. When shifting through the gears, take your foot off the throttle, depress the clutch pedal, move the gear selector...