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.