So I have had my stick shift car for about 4 months now. I never knew how to drive stick till the day I bought the car, it was a dicely ride home.
Im still no expert nor even very good at it, I jerk the car often still stall form time to time. My passengers dont have a confortable drive with me. But i can drive around with not other problem then perhaps a jerky drive.
But seen I am still learning I would like to kill any bad habit that I might getting used to, im going to list things I do that feel im doing wrong, I dont want to do things that would burn my clutch.
1. When I am at a light specially if I am at the front. I wait till the light turn amber. I put the car in gear and hold the biting point and hold the brake, till the light goes green. I do this because Im scared of stalling and Im really slow when I coming out of a stop. Should I be practising letting the clutch out slowly at green and adding gas at the same time, im really slow at that or I spin out the wheels if the pressure is on i try to do it fast.
2. When Im at a left turn, right turn i told the clutch at the biting point and feather the brake inch foward, as I might have to turn really fast and again im afraid of stalling.
3. When I pull into a parking space, I push the clutch in completely and roll into the parking space, neutral whn Im in.
4. When I have to go really slow or driving reverse I use the biting point and feather with brake on and of to control speed. Like in stop and go traffic I let the cultch out to the biting point or let it out really slow all the way. I really only move when there i about a half a car length or a full length room in front of me. I never add any gas. And put it in neutral when im stopped.
5. The worst of all, on hill (there one near my house i alway have to wait on at a light). I get really worried that my car is gonna roll or stall. So I hold at the biting point and hold the brakes till it goes amber to green. The car always shake near stalling, give it gas usually help ease that and get be through it. I just might need more pratice on this one.
Alright so basically I worried about me holding the biting point to long for all these scenarios. I tend to use the binding point alot. I never rest my leg on the clutch while im driving or at a complete stop, i know that much. Given that im really slow, I tend to keep my foot on the clutch during i guess you can call transitions for what feels like an unessescary amount of time. So how can I improve, is there anything Im doing particular wrong and should stop doing. Also these are the things I think Im doing wrong, feel free to quiz me on things I might be doing wrong, that I dont even know about.
I have driven a automatic for a long time and there are some habit that you cant really translate when driving stick. So i been kinda hard judging right from wrong given I have had no one but youtube and the internet teaching me haha. Any help would be appericated.
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