How do people drive cars with a manual transmission? (tricycle, brakes, lane)

[easy62]

You really want to know how people drive manual transmissions hears how.

1 Sit in the drivers seat and put seat belt on

2 Put key in ignition

3 Make sure shifter is in fits gear or reverse

4 Push in clutch with left foot

5 start vehicle and slowly release clutch give vehicle a little gas and then drive.

Now how hard is that. Lol lol

[lollydoodoo]

How? Simple.. Put foot down on clutch, start car.
Move selector to "1", remember, will only move when clutch is pressed.
Now, let up on the clutch.

You will quickly discover the sweet spot of between where your car will want to stall (doing it too fast,) if you need to be on the gas at all (like on an old Subaru or any car with NO torque,) and if you are riding the clutch (on it too long.)

By 2nd gear you don't have to worry about it.

I used to shift 1-2-5 around town in my BMW...

[lollydoodoo]

Originally Posted by easy62

You really want to know how people drive manual transmissions hears how.

1 Sit in the drivers seat and put seat belt on

2 Put key in ignition

3 Make sure shifter is in fits gear or reverse

4 Push in clutch with left foot

5 start vehicle and slowly release clutch give vehicle a little gas and then drive.

Now how hard is that. Lol lol

We think alike, this was my first thought as well and you posted before me while I was compiling my post.

[Snowpacked]

Originally Posted by AliefNorth

It looks really hard and unsafe to drive a manual. How do you know which gears to shift while driving and how do you make sure you shift correctly while keeping your eyes on the road and hands on steering wheel? It looks like driving manuals is hard work, do people actually enjoy driving a manual?

Is this real?

[evening sun]

my wise Father taught me to drive in a stick shift. he said if I could drive that, I would have no problems with automatics, He was right. For a long time I drove only mauuals, but now I am older, I use an automatic. When you drive a manual, you hear it, when you need to change gears, it becomes second nature.

[animalcrazy]

I love my Celica GTS with the manual transmission. I learned to drive a stick shift right after I got my license in high school. For me it's just second nature. Okay, it's not so much fun in heavy traffic.

[AliefNorth]

Originally Posted by TimtheGuy

That is just a ridiculously stupid statement.

I looked at 2019 Honda Accord build your car option and didn’t see any manual transmission so I’m assuming many manufacturers ditched the stick shift

[AliefNorth]

Originally Posted by easy62

You really want to know how people drive manual transmissions hears how.

1 Sit in the drivers seat and put seat belt on

2 Put key in ignition

3 Make sure shifter is in fits gear or reverse

4 Push in clutch with left foot

5 start vehicle and slowly release clutch give vehicle a little gas and then drive.

Now how hard is that. Lol lol

So there’s 3 pedals? Brake, gas, and clutch? That is extremely confusing and again it’s unsafe

[eaton53]

Originally Posted by AliefNorth

So there’s 3 pedals? Brake, gas, and clutch? That is extremely confusing and again it’s unsafe

What exactly is your left foot doing while you're driving an automatic?
I'll tell ya what... absolutely nothing.

So unless you are completely and utterly lacking in coordination, it is not confusing in any way.

[AliefNorth]

Originally Posted by eaton53

What exactly is your left foot doing while you're driving an automatic?
I'll tell ya what... absolutely nothing.

So unless you are completely and utterly lacking in coordination, it is not confusing in any way.

It’s on the gas pedal