Learning to drive a manual car is a very useful skill that will help you out in life. I think it is sad when someone asks you to drive their car but you can't because it's a stick. Thats dumb. And learning to drive a stick I believe will make you a better driver whether your driving a manual or automatic vehicle (and you'll be able to drive that flipping awesome sports car too). Nothing beats actually getting in a car and learning to drive. Just make sure in the beginning you complete these steps in a large parking lot with lots of room for error. And remember, it's just like any other car once you've got it in gear.
- Place feet on brake and clutch
- Place gear in neutral
- Start ignition
- Release parking brake
- At the same moment, release the brake and slowly release the clutch while giving it some gas.
- If you squeal and the vehicle stalls or has trouble getting moving, repeat steps 1-5.
- If you have started to successfully started to move forward cleanly and consistently, move on to step 8.
- As you start moving forward, continue to depress the accelerator until you hear the engine making a higher pitched revving noise. This usually occurs around the 3,000 RPM mark, but is different for every vehicle. Once you start to hear this, depress the clutch while releasing the gas and shift into the 2nd gear. Once again, release the clutch while giving it gas gradually.
- Repeat step 8 for the rest of the gears until you are at your desired speed.
- To decelerate, push in clutch and shift gears down one at a time until you are at your desired speed. Also use your brake along with your gears to help slow you down. You can also just use your brake by itself to slow down. Just make sure you put in into neutral before you come to a complete stop.
- Keep practicing steps 1-10 until you have it down. You are now a pro stick shift driver!
Good Pain:
- Working hard
- “no pain no gain”
- working out problems
- birth
- running a marathon
- weight lifting
- quitting a bad job
- quitting a bad relationship
- getting an A
- Studying
- Food withdrawal
- Music pain
- Getting up early
- Staying up late
- Watching a sad movie
- Earning 7.25 an hour
- Waiting to go to the bathroom
- Setting a broken bone
- Pulling out a splinter
- Hiking a mountain
- Washing your eyes
- Service projects
- Throwing up
Bad Pain:
- Breaking a leg
- Breaking an arm
- Getting stabbed
- Wrecking on a longboard
- Wrecking on a dirt bike
- Getting yelled at by parents
- Getting yelled at generally
- Being bit by a dog
- Falling off a cliff
- Getting an F
- Swearing
- Breaking a promise
- Lying
- Getting burned (literally or figuratively)
- Embarrassing moments
- Getting a ticket
- Being sick
