Stick Shift Research Paper

“You only ever use your right foot while driving! Never use your left for brake! Use your right foot for both pedals!!” This is all I heard for the first six months from my dad when learning to drive. By the time he was teaching me to drive a stick shift, not using my left foot for driving was so engraved in my mind, that I had no idea how I was supposed to use one foot for three pedals. It turns out, when driving a manual car, this rule does not apply. Learning to drive a stick shift can be a very emotional and discouraging experience; at least that is how mine was. I was sixteen years old and the car I wanted, a beautiful red Volkswagen Beetle, was a five-speed. I was already in love with the car from the day my mom brought it home five years earlier. After weeks of begging my dad to teach me, he finally gave in and we set a day to go over the basics of …show more content…
Shifting gears while driving can either be super easy or super difficult depending on how comfortable you are with the clutch. The best way to know when to shift gears is by looking on the dash and finding the RPM gauge. When the engine revs between 3,000 and 4,000 RPM’s it is time to shift. Cars will differ with their shifting range so check the owner’s manual on the best shifting range for the car. First gear will be the only exception to this since most cars do not enjoy being in first gear and would like to be shifted out as soon as possible. Shifting to second, third, fourth, and fifth gear is the same as getting the car started in first. The only difference, the car is already moving. Naturally, one wants to keep pressing the gas to keep the car moving while shifting gears, but unfortunately, that is not recommended. You must shift gears while driving in a fast manner, so as not to stop the flow of traffic or fall too far below the speed