You can not learn how to drive a manual transmission on your computer. You must get in the car and learn for yourself.
Teach yourself in baby steps
First off, most vehicles with a manual transmission will have the shift pattern on top of the gearshift knob.
You need to get the vehicle to either a large vacant parking lot or a back road with little traffic.
Practice starting and stopping. Stay in first gear. Learn the feel of the clutch. When starting slip the clutch only enough to get the vehicle moving without stalling the engine. But work on not slipping the clutch too much. Slipping the clutch too much will cause it to wear out too soon.
Once moving get in the habit of completely removing your foot from this clutch pedal. Keeping your foot on the clutch pedal is called riding the clutch. Even though you may not realize it, you would be placing enough pressure on the clutch pedal to cause enough slippage to wear out the clutch.
Keep your eyes on the road. Practice Practice Practice.
Once you figure out how to start and stop it is time for your next baby step.
You will need a back road with little traffic.
Start off and shift gears . Keep your eyes on the road. Don't watch the shifter or the clutch. Don't focus on the tachometer either. You need to learn to listen to the engine. It will tell you when you need to shift. When the engine starts to sound like it is going too fast, shift into the next gear. If the vehicle seems to vibrate and the engine is lugging, you shifted too soon. Shift through a few gears but don't exceed the speed limit. When slowing down you need to learn to down shift. Make sure you are not going too fast for the next gear you will be using. Again, the engine will tell you if you listen. So will experience. Again, if the engine starts to vibrate and lug, you are going to slow for the gear you are using.
Practice, practice, practice. Practice gives experience. Experience gives confidence.
Once you figure out how to change gears, you are ready for your next baby step. Starting on a hill. When driving a stick, it never fails. You will need to stop for a stop sign or traffic light on a hill. Then some idiot will pull up within inches of your back bumper. You need to know how to start off on a hill without rolling backwards.
Find a remote stretch of road with little traffic that has a hill. Practice starting off going up the hill without rolling backwards, stalling the engine, spinning the tires, or slipping the clutch too much.
Practice, practice, practice. Practice gives experience. Experience gives confidence.
When you get this figured out you are ready for your next baby step. Driving in traffic. Keep your eyes on the road. You don't need to look at the shifter, clutch pedal, or tachometer. You need to watch where you are going. Find an area of town that has light traffic. Drive around. Stop at stop signs, make turns, change lanes, change speed to adjust for changing speed limits, all the stuff you need to do with normal driving.
Practice, practice, practice. Practice gives experience. Experience gives confidence.
Once you get driving in traffic figured out you are ready for your last baby step. Driving in heavy traffic. Find an area of town known for congested traffic. Drive as usual.
Practice, practice, practice. Practice gives experience. Experience gives confidence.
It varies how long it takes to master a manual transmission. Some people figure it out right away. Some people take a little longer. Don't get discouraged. Most people figure this out the first few times they drive one.
Good luck
Practice, practice, practice. Practice gives experience. Experience gives confidence.
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