Dear madam,
Men invented the automatic transmission so that women could drive. My advice is to trade in your car for one with an automatic transmission.
Dear madam,
Men invented the automatic transmission so that women could drive. My advice is to trade in your car for one with an automatic transmission.
It just takes time to learn the engagement point on your clutch. As others have mentioned you can accelerate this process by practicing in parking lots and slopes.
Try letting the clutch out without giving it any gas and see how far the pedal travels before it starts to stall. You will get a feel for where the clutch starts to engage. Depending on your vehicle, it could be 2 inches from the floor or 8. (On an old Nissan truck you probably have a decent amount of travel).
Once you have the engagement point down it will become a lot easier to know when and how much gas to give it. When you are practicing without traffic you can also just watch your tachometer and make sure you are keeping the revs where they need to be.
For faster starts or hill starts go ahead and let the clutch out until just before it engages before you move your right foot off the brake. That way you are ready to get on the gas right away.
I don't know if letsrunners will frown on this, but 90% of the time I just drop it in to 2nd and roll through stops. As long as I don't come to a complete stop I don't need 1st gear.
Not left footed yet wrote:
It's a 1999 Nissan Pathfinder, if that helps. And as to the comment where it says you shouldn't pull onto a highway in first, here you have to (right on red, frontage road etc.) and I feel my shifts are just sorta slow and that I don't accelerate quick enough, any advice?
Practice, and you'll be able to shift a lot faster.
Having the right idea helps quite a bit.
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