Friday, February 19, 2010

Standard Car

This is an easy instructional blog to teach you how to drive a standard car.

The difference between a standard car and a automatic car is that in a standard car you have to shift gears as you accelerate by hand and that you have 1 extra pedal on the far left called the clutch(next to the brake pad).

First learn where the gears are located. This is a diagram showing where they are located.



After learning the shift pattern you are ready to start driving a manual car. The first gear is your largest gear and as you move up they get smaller and smaller. to switch between gears the clutch always has to be fully engaged

1) Turn the car on by engaging the clutch in fully with your left foot and turning the key

2) Depending on if you’re going forwards or in reverse you are either going to put it in to the 1st gear(all the way to the left and up) or R(all the way to the left and down)

3) Keep the clutch engaged and slowly start removing your left foot off the clutch while keeping your right foot on the brake. When you hear the sound of the engine change and you feel the nose of the car lift up remove your foot off the brake and start applying the gas and removing your foot from the clutch simultaneously.

4) As you start moving forward release the clutch fully and give it more gas.

5) When approaching 15 to 20Km/h or 25oo RPM

6) Shift to the next gear by

7) Release the gas

8) Apply the clutch

9) Put it into the following gear.

10) When you are in the next gear start appling the gas while removing your foot off the clutch.

11) As your RPM gets to about 2500 to 3000 repeat steps 6 to 10

12) To come to a stop, start to brake and as you come to the stopping area engage the clutch in and then fully stop.

If you don’t push the clutch in the car will stall and turn off because the engine isn’t getting enough gas to keep moving in the gear that you are in. When it does so that is called stalling the car. This can be embarrassing if done in publicly

With patience and practice you will be driving standard in no time. In time you wont not have to think about doing the steps listed above it will come natural to you.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

The world’s top 3 football countries.

These countries have been chosen by the number of times they have won the world cup, how many times they have appeared in the world cup, and the number of great players that have come from their country

1) Brazil is my number one pick because they are the only team in the world to make the tournament every four years since 1930, and out of all the competitors Brazil is the only team to have won the world cup 5 times out of the 19 world cups that have taken place. They placed first in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and in 2002.Out of the long list of great players that came from Brazil, the top 3 that come to mind would have to be Pele number 10, Ronaldo number 9 and Ronaldinho number 10. All three players have won player of the year once if not more in there football career.

2) Italy would have to be second in they are right next to Brazil in number of world cups won.
Italy won the world cup 1934, 1938, 1982, and in 2006. They have had 17 out of 19 appearances in the tournament. Although some people would think that most Italians are all pretty boy divers(which a lot of them are) but they had some great players. Dino Zoff was one of the greatest goal keepers that the world had ever seen. Zoff was the oldest Italian player to lead his team to winning the cup in 82. He also went 2 years with a clean sheet not having a single goal scored on him in international tournaments over 1100 minutes of game time. Other great players would include Franco Baresi who was a world class midfielder both for AC Milan and the Italian national team. Something about the Italians makes them great goal keepers. Gianluigi Buffon practically led his team to the cup in 2006. Even in other sports like hockey one of the best goaltenders (Luongo) is Italian.

3) The third great football nation would have to be Germany. With 3 world cups under their belt and a never ending list of legendary players puts them in this top spot. Germany won the world cup in 1954, 1974, and 1990. Like Brazil the Germans have placed in the top 3 at least 10 times out of the 19 world cups that have taken place. They have had the same number of appearances as Italy. Some players that have changed the level of football for the Germens would have to be players like Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Muller and Michael Ballack. Beckenbauer and Muller were the best players of their time. Michael Ballack was one of the youngest Germens to captain the team making his debut in 2006 when they hosted the world cup.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Superpower

If i could have any superpower it would have to be the ability to answer any question that anybody asks of you, or any question you ask your self. Having this super power would really give you the ability to have any super power you wanted. You could solve any world problem, how to become rich, or how to be the most powerful person in the world. If you wanted to teleport somewhereyou could do it. By having this superpower you could answer the question "how can i fly" and you would be able tell yourself how to fly.