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ngdawg · 05-16-2009, 06:55 PM

Starting the car should be done with the clutch and brake fully depressed. The clutch is the pedal always on the left side of the car. Brake at the center, Accelerate at the right. This setting does not differ whether the vehicle is a Left or Right hand drive. (commonwealth countries).

Not necessarily. My car does require the clutch to put all the way down, but my previous car did not. Clutch in is only completely necessary if the car is parked with first gear.

At stop lights and hills or worse, stop lights at hills, you will need, for the first few times, the handbrake. When at the red light...,

* engage the handbrake.
* shift to neutral
* slowly let go of the clutch

If you do this in your driving test, you will fail. When learning to drive a manual, you have to learn to "drag" your clutch so it grabs while pressing the gas but only enough to rev and not move. It's tricky, but must be learned.

You have to drive slowly at first in order to avoid wearing the clutch. You might end up replacing it 6 months afterwards but it's not too expensive.

It might be less than an automatic but it ain't cheap. The clutch on my '88 Colt over 10 years ago ran me $900.

Driving a manual is all about balance and timing, really.

05-16-2009, 06:55 PM	#17 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	Starting the car should be done with the clutch and brake fully depressed. The clutch is the pedal always on the left side of the car. Brake at the center, Accelerate at the right. This setting does not differ whether the vehicle is a Left or Right hand drive. (commonwealth countries). Not necessarily. My car does require the clutch to put all the way down, but my previous car did not. Clutch in is only completely necessary if the car is parked with first gear. At stop lights and hills or worse, stop lights at hills, you will need, for the first few times, the handbrake. When at the red light..., * engage the handbrake. * shift to neutral * slowly let go of the clutch If you do this in your driving test, you will fail. When learning to drive a manual, you have to learn to "drag" your clutch so it grabs while pressing the gas but only enough to rev and not move. It's tricky, but must be learned. You have to drive slowly at first in order to avoid wearing the clutch. You might end up replacing it 6 months afterwards but it's not too expensive. It might be less than an automatic but it ain't cheap. The clutch on my '88 Colt over 10 years ago ran me $900. Driving a manual is all about balance and timing, really. __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.