[0:02] this is a very brief guide on how to
[0:04] drive a manual car it's going to include
[0:06] how to move how to change up gears and
[0:08] how to stop
[0:10] the first thing you need to do is turn
[0:12] the engine on now there's two stages to
[0:14] turn the engine on the first is your
[0:15] ignition so if you turn the key
[0:18] normally the first click
[0:20] little lamp little lights come up on the
[0:22] dashboard these little symbols that
[0:24] means your ignition's on and when your
[0:25] ignition's on your electrics work so you
[0:27] have electric windows your fans work
[0:30] your stereo your lights etc but your
[0:32] engine isn't running and you know your
[0:35] engine's not running because it says
[0:37] zero on the tachometer there the tack
[0:40] to get the engine running what i
[0:41] recommend you do is hold the clutch down
[0:43] which is this left pedal here
[0:45] clutch to the floor all the way to the
[0:46] floor when you press it down
[0:48] and then turn the key all the way
[0:51] and then the engine fires into life as
[0:53] you can see the engine is now spinning
[0:56] the reason i recommend holding the
[0:57] clutch down when you turn the engine on
[1:00] is not only some cars require you to do
[1:02] this but if your car was in gear and you
[1:05] turn the engine on the car would shoot
[1:07] forwards in a forward gear and backwards
[1:09] in reverse gear
[1:11] okay so once your engine's started your
[1:13] gas is now going to work this is your
[1:15] gas pedal here
[1:16] but you're not going anywhere and that's
[1:18] because you're not in gear
[1:20] so to put it in gear make sure you press
[1:22] the clutch down as my clutch is already
[1:24] down i'll just leave it down or if it
[1:26] wasn't down i'll just press the clutch
[1:28] down then i'll move it into gear one by
[1:31] pushing the gear stick all the way to
[1:32] the left and forwards
[1:34] most cars are like this when i say most
[1:36] cars nearly all cars these days are like
[1:38] this some have what's known as a dog leg
[1:41] gearbox
[1:42] but you really don't see them these days
[1:44] only in older performance cars where
[1:46] first would actually be where second is
[1:48] but
[1:49] left and forwards for first
[1:52] and what you need to do next is take the
[1:53] handbrake off now if this was a hill and
[1:56] you took the handbrake off the car would
[1:58] roll so i don't recommend practicing uh
[2:01] driving a manual car on a hill until you
[2:04] first of all practice on a flat the way
[2:07] i'm going to teach you here is not going
[2:08] to work on a hill very well so i'll take
[2:10] the handbrake off to do that this is the
[2:12] handbrake i'll lift it up that allows me
[2:14] to press the button in
[2:16] now hold the button in as i push it down
[2:19] now the handbrake is off
[2:22] now i need to set the gas and what i
[2:24] mean by set the gas is give a little bit
[2:27] of gas so there's a little bit of power
[2:28] so this is the right pedal this is my
[2:30] gas pedal
[2:31] i'm going to press that gently until the
[2:33] revs build up somewhere between one and
[2:36] two thousand rpm
[2:38] some underpowered cars
[2:40] may need you to have as much as 2000 rpm
[2:44] but most cars are okay somewhere between
[2:46] one and two as i have now practice
[2:48] keeping that steady before you try
[2:50] setting off because it's quite a hard
[2:52] pedal to keep steady as there is a delay
[2:55] you move it a bit it then increases
[2:57] later you you come off the gas a bit a
[2:59] little bit later it goes down so you end
[3:01] up sort of chasing your tail but going
[3:03] up and down all the time so press it a
[3:04] little bit wait and it will gradually
[3:06] build up normally about the thickness of
[3:08] a pound coin seems to do the job nicely
[3:12] the next stage is to move
[3:13] simply all i need to do is lift the
[3:15] clutch this left pedal that i'm
[3:17] currently on at the moment
[3:18] up to the bike point now you know when
[3:20] you're at the bike point because the car
[3:22] starts to move
[3:23] once i reach the bike point it's really
[3:25] important that i stay at the bike point
[3:28] if i continue to lift the clutch the car
[3:30] will kanger up the road or it may stall
[3:34] holding the clutch on the bike point
[3:35] will give the clutch chance to do its
[3:38] job
[3:39] of course going to make sure no one's
[3:41] coming before i do that until my
[3:42] windscreen wipers on as well as it is
[3:44] raining here in sunny england there's a
[3:46] car behind so let's wait for that car to
[3:47] go past
[3:49] and another car behind i'm waiting for
[3:50] that one as well
[3:52] i check my right blind spot that makes
[3:54] sure there's no one on my right and it
[3:55] looks clear now so i'm going to
[3:57] gradually lift the clutch until the car
[3:59] starts to move so i'm slowly bringing
[4:00] the clutch up with my heel in the air
[4:02] and when it starts to move i'll hold it
[4:04] steady and i'll put my heel down just so
[4:06] i can support my leg now i'm going to
[4:08] hold the clutch steady until
[4:10] the engine starts to go up in pitch and
[4:12] the revs start to rise like they are now
[4:15] now i can come fully
[4:17] off the clutch and i'm moving i'm not
[4:19] moving very fast i'm not trying to move
[4:20] fast i'm a learner doing their first
[4:23] lesson don't forget
[4:25] and now i want to change up a gear so to
[4:27] change up a gear what i need to do is
[4:29] when the revs reach around 2000 i'm just
[4:32] above 2000 now so that means i'm overdue
[4:34] a gear change i will come off the gas
[4:37] pedal i'll press the clutch to the floor
[4:39] i'll move the stick into gear two and
[4:42] then i'll gradually come up to the bite
[4:44] point again so i'll do that now i'll
[4:45] come off the gas pedal gently
[4:48] clutch to the floor
[4:49] move the gear stick to two i bring the
[4:51] clutch up gradually until i feel the
[4:53] bite point and when i feel the bike
[4:54] point i'll hold it there add a little
[4:56] bit of gas and gradually come all the
[4:58] way off the clutch after holding it for
[5:00] about a second or so just to make sure
[5:02] it's smooth
[5:03] and now i'm in gear two
[5:05] and i want to go to gear freeze the revs
[5:06] have already gone up to about 2000 so
[5:08] i'll do the same thing again i'll
[5:10] gradually come off the gas pedal clutch
[5:12] all the way to the floor
[5:14] i'm going to move the gear stick to free
[5:15] which is into the middle make sure it's
[5:17] properly in the middle then forwards
[5:19] that's gear free and then i'll bring the
[5:20] clutch up until i feel the bite point i
[5:22] know the bite points there because i can
[5:24] feel there's a connection it starts to
[5:25] slow a bit and then i'll add some gas as
[5:27] i gradually bring the clutch all the way
[5:29] up
[5:30] i'm coming up to some temporary traffic
[5:31] lights now so i'm not going to do the
[5:33] demonstration on how to stop i'm going
[5:35] to go past these traffic lights and find
[5:37] somewhere else and i'll be back with you
[5:38] in about one second
[5:40] okay now that i've gone past the traffic
[5:42] lights i can show you how to stop a
[5:44] manual car it's actually really easy
[5:47] just check your mirrors behind you
[5:48] signal to anyone that you're going to
[5:50] pull over by singling left say i'm going
[5:52] to pull over left side of the road
[5:53] there's no one behind me so i don't need
[5:54] to do that all i need to do is cover the
[5:56] brake and clutch the car starts slowing
[5:58] down start adding brake to stop where i
[6:00] want to stop and the clutch must come
[6:02] down and stay down once the revs reach a
[6:04] thousand like i've just done just there
[6:06] line up with the curb
[6:08] modulate the brake so that you don't
[6:10] stop too early or too late so i'm just
[6:11] giving myself enough time to line up
[6:13] nicely then i'll finish the braking and
[6:14] stop completely
[6:16] and now you cannot come off the pedals
[6:18] if you look off the pedals the car would
[6:20] stall or shoot forwards
[6:22] what i first must do is pull the
[6:24] handbrake up so hold the button in
[6:26] pull it up when it's firm let go of the
[6:28] button then it should stay up
[6:30] and that means i can come off the foot
[6:31] brakes the handbrake has taken over the
[6:34] work of the foot brake for me and i must
[6:36] put it into neutral
[6:38] before i come off the clutch and to now
[6:40] i'm in neutral is i'll put the gear
[6:41] stick in the middle and to double check
[6:43] i'll go from side to side and if i can
[6:46] go from side to side like this it's in
[6:47] neutral if it's in gear it will go from
[6:50] side to side but not very much so that's
[6:52] a good way to know you're in neutral
[6:54] definitely in neutral there so i'll come
[6:55] off the clutch
[6:57] and i'm secure and stopped
[6:59] i'm going to go quiet now and let you
[7:01] watch me drive i'm going to move away go
[7:03] up the second gear then third gear and
[7:05] then stop again that way you can pause
[7:08] and rewind and watch it as many times as
[7:10] you like
[8:14] now i'd like to demonstrate some of the
[8:15] things that people get wrong when
[8:17] they're trying to learn this the first
[8:18] thing is they don't give enough gas
[8:20] they don't give enough gas because
[8:22] they're afraid of the noise and they
[8:23] think if they give gas the car is going
[8:24] to go shooting forwards out of control
[8:27] but actually
[8:28] giving more gas will help you keep the
[8:30] car slower because you'll be able to
[8:32] hear the bike point a lot earlier
[8:35] this is a demonstration of trying to
[8:37] move away without enough gas so clutch
[8:40] down
[8:41] first gear hand brake off
[8:44] i'm going to
[8:45] cover the gas for good luck
[8:47] and i'm going to bring the clutch up to
[8:48] the bike point without any gas
[8:51] and i've stalled
[8:53] now if i had gas i would have heard the
[8:55] clutch bite point a lot easier and been
[8:57] able to pause on the bike point and that
[8:59] brings me on to the next problem the
[9:01] next problem is they don't pause on the
[9:03] bike point they come off the clutch
[9:05] slowly but continuously and that's not
[9:08] how the clutch works i'm just going to
[9:10] restart the engine now it's still by
[9:11] holding the clutch down
[9:13] and turning the key so now it's started
[9:15] again the hand brake still off is still
[9:17] in gear so i'm still ready to go
[9:19] this time i'm going to use gas but when
[9:21] i bring the clutch up instead of holding
[9:23] it on the bike point when i feel the
[9:24] bike point i'm going to keep lifting it
[9:26] higher and higher and higher and then
[9:28] see what happens
[9:30] so it moved away but it was a very big
[9:33] kick and there certainly wasn't any
[9:35] control there just going to stop now so
[9:38] clutch down
[9:39] and break
[9:42] hand brake up so and come off the foot
[9:43] brake and neutral
[9:45] so i can lift the clutch up
[9:48] now that would be a big problem moving
[9:50] away like that especially if you had a
[9:51] car in front of you or if you were
[9:53] parking
[9:54] you need to be able to control your car
[9:55] and control it slowly for the tighter
[9:57] more tricky situations
[9:59] don't hold the clutch indefinitely at
[10:01] the by point though beginners should aim
[10:03] to hold the clutch for about four
[10:04] seconds when moving away and about one
[10:06] second when changing gear here is an
[10:08] example of kangarooing this happened
[10:10] because i lifted the clutch up too high
[10:12] without giving any gas
[10:14] another common reason people struggle
[10:16] with the clutch is because they keep
[10:18] their heel on the floor as they lift the
[10:20] clutch what i mean by that is when the
[10:23] clutch is down the heel stays on the
[10:25] floor and as they lift the clutch this
[10:27] pedal now gets a lot lower under the
[10:29] foot
[10:30] and when you're in traffic you have to
[10:33] lift and lower the clutch many times
[10:35] without fully coming off it so you come
[10:37] up to the bike point and now you've got
[10:38] to push the clutch back down again so
[10:40] the pedal's lower under your foot you've
[10:42] got to lift it again as you want to move
[10:44] and you get to the bite point start
[10:46] moving and the pedal is even lower and
[10:48] now you're going to press the clutch
[10:49] down and you struggle to get it down and
[10:51] the next time you do it you've really
[10:52] got no control over the clutch at all so
[10:55] it's really important not to keep your
[10:57] heel down like you would for the gas and
[10:59] the break but to keep your heel up
[11:02] how you want to do it is keep the ball
[11:03] of your foot near the bottom of your
[11:05] pedal and the toe of your foot near the
[11:07] top of your pedal keep your heel up and
[11:09] that way you can lift the clutch up and
[11:11] down
[11:12] without the pedal moving under your foot
[11:15] which is really important and when you
[11:18] get to the bite point if you want to
[11:19] stabilize your foot instead of using all
[11:21] your leg muscles then put your heel down
[11:24] just to support yourself and then you
[11:26] can do small adjustments because the
[11:28] pedal doesn't really move much for the
[11:30] small adjustments and if you need to
[11:32] press it back down again you lift the
[11:33] heel up down and then when it wants to
[11:35] come back up to the bite point again
[11:37] with the heel up bring it up to the bite
[11:38] point
[11:39] support your foot with your heel and
[11:42] when you want to come off the clutch
[11:43] fully just lift your heel again and
[11:45] gradually come off
[11:47] this video is by no means a replacement
[11:49] for a driving instructor you really need
[11:51] to practice and you need to practice
[11:52] where there's no traffic also make sure
[11:55] you're in a road legal car
[11:57] if you're practicing without an
[11:58] instructor make sure you have insurance
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