rhysiana

Back when I was learning to drive, my family happened to have only manual transmission cars, so after I got through normal driver’s ed at school, I had to learn how to drive all over again. My one alternative was to take my driver’s test in the conversion van we’d used for a cross-country camping trip, which was like trying to dock a space shuttle every time I pulled into a parking lot. I chose to learn to drive stick. Anyway, I suffered for this knowledge and came out of the entire experience with entirely too many opinions about cars, so here is my gift to you:A Stick-Shift Car Primer for People Who Have Never Driven One
In which I cover:

• The clutch.
• The gearshift and gears
• Parking.
• Some basic considerations for fic(tion) writers.

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(Originally posted on Tumblr, Sept 25, 2017)