work help: how does driving a manual car with a stick shift work?

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how does driving a manual car with a stick shift work?

When are u supposed to switch gears and such?

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susie_qz1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 minute after post)

oh my, this is a complicated question.. it is more about the experience than the description

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Kuvri (yodaluv12) 2 #
Kangerlussuaq, 01, GL | 1 year ago (3 minutes after post)

Well it depends on the car, but you can kind of “feel” when you need to switch gears. You can hear the engine making too many revolutions for its power (it gets higher in pitch).

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susie_qz1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (4 minutes after post)

push in the clutch, put it in gear, push on the gas and go, at ~10 mph, move to 2nd, 30 move to 3rd, 40 4th, 50 5th, etc

those are approximate… that’s when my old clunker wanted me to switch gears anyway

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veg_head 6 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (5 minutes after post)

It can’t really be described well if you can’t be shown how, but you can listen to the gears shift on an automatic transition to get a feel for when the shifts are timed.

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Kuvri (yodaluv12) 2 #
Kangerlussuaq, 01, GL | 1 year ago (6 minutes after post)

How old is the car you’re talking about, who manufactured it, and how’s it’s condition?

Because I hear that you can go up to 60mph in 1st gear in a new ferrari :)

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susie_qz1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (7 minutes after post)

wow.. this was an 89 toyota tercel!!! I don’t drive it anymore

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Kuvri (yodaluv12) 2 #
Kangerlussuaq, 01, GL | 1 year ago (8 minutes after post)

yah… my ‘90 ford festiva shifted at about the same places as susie’s.

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love her 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (8 minutes after post)

well im not diving stick, im just curious

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cbgocart19 6 #
Laguna Niguel, CA, US | 1 year ago (9 minutes after post)

when your rpms are really high you push the pedal on the very left, and you switch to the next gear and let that pedal out slowley so its a smooth shift. try typing in shifting manuel cars in youtube. do u know anybody with a munuel car ask them its is not embarssing.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (10 minutes after post)

haha. lol. question to ask your car. usually when approaching traffic lighs or turning round corners or speeding up and stuff. but dont trust me coz im only learning in a really old car my dads girlfriend gave me for a while coz she just bought a new one./ anyways.

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