How to drive a manual car - Driving lesson with clutch advice

[00:02] this is a very brief guide on how to

[00:04] drive a manual car it's going to include

[00:06] how to move how to change up gears and

[00:08] how to stop

[00:10] the first thing you need to do is turn

[00:12] the engine on now there's two stages to

[00:14] turn the engine on the first is your

[00:15] ignition so if you turn the key

[00:18] normally the first click

[00:20] little lamp little lights come up on the

[00:22] dashboard these little symbols that

[00:24] means your ignition's on and when your

[00:25] ignition's on your electrics work so you

[00:27] have electric windows your fans work

[00:30] your stereo your lights etc but your

[00:32] engine isn't running and you know your

[00:35] engine's not running because it says

[00:37] zero on the tachometer there the tack

[00:40] to get the engine running what i

[00:41] recommend you do is hold the clutch down

[00:43] which is this left pedal here

[00:45] clutch to the floor all the way to the

[00:46] floor when you press it down

[00:48] and then turn the key all the way

[00:51] and then the engine fires into life as

[00:53] you can see the engine is now spinning

[00:56] the reason i recommend holding the

[00:57] clutch down when you turn the engine on

[01:00] is not only some cars require you to do

[01:02] this but if your car was in gear and you

[01:05] turn the engine on the car would shoot

[01:07] forwards in a forward gear and backwards

[01:09] in reverse gear

[01:11] okay so once your engine's started your

[01:13] gas is now going to work this is your

[01:15] gas pedal here

[01:16] but you're not going anywhere and that's

[01:18] because you're not in gear

[01:20] so to put it in gear make sure you press

[01:22] the clutch down as my clutch is already

[01:24] down i'll just leave it down or if it

[01:26] wasn't down i'll just press the clutch

[01:28] down then i'll move it into gear one by

[01:31] pushing the gear stick all the way to

[01:32] the left and forwards

[01:34] most cars are like this when i say most

[01:36] cars nearly all cars these days are like

[01:38] this some have what's known as a dog leg

[01:41] gearbox

[01:42] but you really don't see them these days

[01:44] only in older performance cars where

[01:46] first would actually be where second is

[01:48] but

[01:49] left and forwards for first

[01:52] and what you need to do next is take the

[01:53] handbrake off now if this was a hill and

[01:56] you took the handbrake off the car would

[01:58] roll so i don't recommend practicing uh

[02:01] driving a manual car on a hill until you

[02:04] first of all practice on a flat the way

[02:07] i'm going to teach you here is not going

[02:08] to work on a hill very well so i'll take

[02:10] the handbrake off to do that this is the

[02:12] handbrake i'll lift it up that allows me

[02:14] to press the button in

[02:16] now hold the button in as i push it down

[02:19] now the handbrake is off

[02:22] now i need to set the gas and what i

[02:24] mean by set the gas is give a little bit

[02:27] of gas so there's a little bit of power

[02:28] so this is the right pedal this is my

[02:30] gas pedal

[02:31] i'm going to press that gently until the

[02:33] revs build up somewhere between one and

[02:36] two thousand rpm

[02:38] some underpowered cars

[02:40] may need you to have as much as 2000 rpm

[02:44] but most cars are okay somewhere between

[02:46] one and two as i have now practice

[02:48] keeping that steady before you try

[02:50] setting off because it's quite a hard

[02:52] pedal to keep steady as there is a delay

[02:55] you move it a bit it then increases

[02:57] later you you come off the gas a bit a

[02:59] little bit later it goes down so you end

[03:01] up sort of chasing your tail but going

[03:03] up and down all the time so press it a

[03:04] little bit wait and it will gradually

[03:06] build up normally about the thickness of

[03:08] a pound coin seems to do the job nicely

[03:12] the next stage is to move

[03:13] simply all i need to do is lift the

[03:15] clutch this left pedal that i'm

[03:17] currently on at the moment

[03:18] up to the bike point now you know when

[03:20] you're at the bike point because the car

[03:22] starts to move

[03:23] once i reach the bike point it's really

[03:25] important that i stay at the bike point

[03:28] if i continue to lift the clutch the car

[03:30] will kanger up the road or it may stall

[03:34] holding the clutch on the bike point

[03:35] will give the clutch chance to do its

[03:38] job

[03:39] of course going to make sure no one's

[03:41] coming before i do that until my

[03:42] windscreen wipers on as well as it is

[03:44] raining here in sunny england there's a

[03:46] car behind so let's wait for that car to

[03:47] go past

[03:49] and another car behind i'm waiting for

[03:50] that one as well

[03:52] i check my right blind spot that makes

[03:54] sure there's no one on my right and it

[03:55] looks clear now so i'm going to

[03:57] gradually lift the clutch until the car

[03:59] starts to move so i'm slowly bringing

[04:00] the clutch up with my heel in the air

[04:02] and when it starts to move i'll hold it

[04:04] steady and i'll put my heel down just so

[04:06] i can support my leg now i'm going to

[04:08] hold the clutch steady until

[04:10] the engine starts to go up in pitch and

[04:12] the revs start to rise like they are now

[04:15] now i can come fully

[04:17] off the clutch and i'm moving i'm not

[04:19] moving very fast i'm not trying to move

[04:20] fast i'm a learner doing their first

[04:23] lesson don't forget

[04:25] and now i want to change up a gear so to

[04:27] change up a gear what i need to do is

[04:29] when the revs reach around 2000 i'm just

[04:32] above 2000 now so that means i'm overdue

[04:34] a gear change i will come off the gas

[04:37] pedal i'll press the clutch to the floor

[04:39] i'll move the stick into gear two and

[04:42] then i'll gradually come up to the bite

[04:44] point again so i'll do that now i'll

[04:45] come off the gas pedal gently

[04:48] clutch to the floor

[04:49] move the gear stick to two i bring the

[04:51] clutch up gradually until i feel the

[04:53] bite point and when i feel the bike

[04:54] point i'll hold it there add a little

[04:56] bit of gas and gradually come all the

[04:58] way off the clutch after holding it for

[05:00] about a second or so just to make sure

[05:02] it's smooth

[05:03] and now i'm in gear two

[05:05] and i want to go to gear freeze the revs

[05:06] have already gone up to about 2000 so

[05:08] i'll do the same thing again i'll

[05:10] gradually come off the gas pedal clutch

[05:12] all the way to the floor

[05:14] i'm going to move the gear stick to free

[05:15] which is into the middle make sure it's

[05:17] properly in the middle then forwards

[05:19] that's gear free and then i'll bring the

[05:20] clutch up until i feel the bite point i

[05:22] know the bite points there because i can

[05:24] feel there's a connection it starts to

[05:25] slow a bit and then i'll add some gas as

[05:27] i gradually bring the clutch all the way

[05:29] up

[05:30] i'm coming up to some temporary traffic

[05:31] lights now so i'm not going to do the

[05:33] demonstration on how to stop i'm going

[05:35] to go past these traffic lights and find

[05:37] somewhere else and i'll be back with you

[05:38] in about one second

[05:40] okay now that i've gone past the traffic

[05:42] lights i can show you how to stop a

[05:44] manual car it's actually really easy

[05:47] just check your mirrors behind you

[05:48] signal to anyone that you're going to

[05:50] pull over by singling left say i'm going

[05:52] to pull over left side of the road

[05:53] there's no one behind me so i don't need

[05:54] to do that all i need to do is cover the

[05:56] brake and clutch the car starts slowing

[05:58] down start adding brake to stop where i

[06:00] want to stop and the clutch must come

[06:02] down and stay down once the revs reach a

[06:04] thousand like i've just done just there

[06:06] line up with the curb

[06:08] modulate the brake so that you don't

[06:10] stop too early or too late so i'm just

[06:11] giving myself enough time to line up

[06:13] nicely then i'll finish the braking and

[06:14] stop completely

[06:16] and now you cannot come off the pedals

[06:18] if you look off the pedals the car would

[06:20] stall or shoot forwards

[06:22] what i first must do is pull the

[06:24] handbrake up so hold the button in

[06:26] pull it up when it's firm let go of the

[06:28] button then it should stay up

[06:30] and that means i can come off the foot

[06:31] brakes the handbrake has taken over the

[06:34] work of the foot brake for me and i must

[06:36] put it into neutral

[06:38] before i come off the clutch and to now

[06:40] i'm in neutral is i'll put the gear

[06:41] stick in the middle and to double check

[06:43] i'll go from side to side and if i can

[06:46] go from side to side like this it's in

[06:47] neutral if it's in gear it will go from

[06:50] side to side but not very much so that's

[06:52] a good way to know you're in neutral

[06:54] definitely in neutral there so i'll come

[06:55] off the clutch

[06:57] and i'm secure and stopped

[06:59] i'm going to go quiet now and let you

[07:01] watch me drive i'm going to move away go

[07:03] up the second gear then third gear and

[07:05] then stop again that way you can pause

[07:08] and rewind and watch it as many times as

[07:10] you like

[08:14] now i'd like to demonstrate some of the

[08:15] things that people get wrong when

[08:17] they're trying to learn this the first

[08:18] thing is they don't give enough gas

[08:20] they don't give enough gas because

[08:22] they're afraid of the noise and they

[08:23] think if they give gas the car is going

[08:24] to go shooting forwards out of control

[08:27] but actually

[08:28] giving more gas will help you keep the

[08:30] car slower because you'll be able to

[08:32] hear the bike point a lot earlier

[08:35] this is a demonstration of trying to

[08:37] move away without enough gas so clutch

[08:40] down

[08:41] first gear hand brake off

[08:44] i'm going to

[08:45] cover the gas for good luck

[08:47] and i'm going to bring the clutch up to

[08:48] the bike point without any gas

[08:51] and i've stalled

[08:53] now if i had gas i would have heard the

[08:55] clutch bite point a lot easier and been

[08:57] able to pause on the bike point and that

[08:59] brings me on to the next problem the

[09:01] next problem is they don't pause on the

[09:03] bike point they come off the clutch

[09:05] slowly but continuously and that's not

[09:08] how the clutch works i'm just going to

[09:10] restart the engine now it's still by

[09:11] holding the clutch down

[09:13] and turning the key so now it's started

[09:15] again the hand brake still off is still

[09:17] in gear so i'm still ready to go

[09:19] this time i'm going to use gas but when

[09:21] i bring the clutch up instead of holding

[09:23] it on the bike point when i feel the

[09:24] bike point i'm going to keep lifting it

[09:26] higher and higher and higher and then

[09:28] see what happens

[09:30] so it moved away but it was a very big

[09:33] kick and there certainly wasn't any

[09:35] control there just going to stop now so

[09:38] clutch down

[09:39] and break

[09:42] hand brake up so and come off the foot

[09:43] brake and neutral

[09:45] so i can lift the clutch up

[09:48] now that would be a big problem moving

[09:50] away like that especially if you had a

[09:51] car in front of you or if you were

[09:53] parking

[09:54] you need to be able to control your car

[09:55] and control it slowly for the tighter

[09:57] more tricky situations

[09:59] 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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