Don't forget to also open your car door before getting in and out of the vehicle. Brakes also help to slow you down. Oh, and also turn your steering wheel to turn the car.
Most people don't know this but there are these little numbers in the dashboard usually above the steering wheel that has a little pointy thing that moves around kinda like the minute hand on a clock and it'll point to the speed that your car is going
I live in a country where every single car was manual until hybrid cvts became a thing, and most people still drive manuals. Nobody I know does this because it's impractical. If you did you'd get eaten alive in traffic. I've driven manuals for 20 years and needed one clutch kit in my first car that I also did burnouts and handbrake turns in. I could smell the clutch in that thing regularly and it still took a year to die. Creeping is fine, we all do it and the car is built to take it. Don't listen to Americans talking about double clutching and all that other bullshit, they don't know what they're talking about. It's like me telling them to open their fridge door gently so the hinges don't wear out.
No matter what you do you’re going to wear out some part of the trans, the idea is to use a technique that does the least amount of wear, which often depends on the car you’re driving.
@@gasNmudtv I get your idea, but spacing out at a stop light actually makes the light take longer in most cities. There's a magnetic strip that runs like 30 feet or so from the light that measures how many cars are at the light, and when you space out like 2 car lengths per car you make the light think there is less cars at the light.
I usually leave about 4 to 5 car lengths and just coast in 1st gear (heavy traffic) Once I had this old lady in a hyuandai getz get upset because of the gap i left. Saw here waving her arms and calling me names through my rear view. Traction control off and 1st gear full throttle in my 6.0L smoked the rears up nicely and she shit bricks.... after that she too left a 5 car gap between her and I 😅🤣
I drive a dual clutch (DSG), and the clutch pack cost an arm and leg to replace. Since I had to replace the clutch I avoid creeping in traffic and always keep a few car lenghths in front of me, for some reason idiots will jump in front of me or people behind me loose their marbles for leaving even a car lenghth gap in front of me. A little message to those people just because you don't give a shit about your car doesn't mean everyone is careless like you and when my clutch wears prematurely you aint gonna be the one paying the bill!
@@sharukhjamal2627 well stop being a puss and drive. Nothing worse than having horrible traffic and being stuck behind a dumbass who is to afraid to go, slowing traffic even more. Don’t even get me started with the British roadblocks
@@chefboyarb Dumbasses like yourself who say caring about your own car is the same as being afraid to go, do you not read! Or do you not know how to read!🤨 Go ride your bicycle or cheap shitbox!
“Leave a couple of car lengths space between the car in front of you” yeah, try that in Atlanta and see how quick you’ll have a whole lane merge into yours 😂😂
A tip from my driving instructor that really helped me out: first gear, slowly let go of the clutch, DONT GET ON THE GAS, clutch slowly beyond the bite point, now the car drives itself in first gear just from the engine in 1.gear idle
@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingForu dont drop the clutch completely, let go to biting point, let car start moving, then release completely and use throttle
Living in the UK, I don’t know anyone who’s burned out a clutch in this way 😂😂😂 like, sure, you could burn out a sports cars clutch by really slipping it, but just crawling in traffic ain’t gonna do that
@@blainevantine1634 as long as you’re not reviving the car like crazy and slipping the clutch, you won’t burn it out unless you’re doing it for like 10 hours+ straight. Tbf, the dudes explanation is the best way of crawling in traffic anyway, but unless you’ve got a 1980s Lamborghini, you don’t need to worry about the clutch.
Pressing in and holding the clutch is better than constant full disengagement and engagement. Also, by going fully into neutral and back into first you're wearing the synchros in your transmission out faster, which going into first gear while moving is about the worst on them (other than not rev matching on downshifts)
sometimes it isn't enough. I usually put in 1st and leave it creep but I gotta leave a good gap with the next car so I don't have to stop and then the retardeds behind me get angry 😂
Yeah, at idle speed in first, I can creep along, and even use the brake a bit, to keep the clutch engaged as much as possible. If EVERYONE had a manual transmission, traffic would probably move better because then no one would want to come to a complete stop.
I've owned only manual cars and find that most of the time 1st gear with no throttle is a really good pace in slow moving traffic, if the traffic speeds up a little I change to 2nd, this way the car is never coasting. I can depress the clutch and hit the brake to stop or choose to accelerate away from a hazard quickly without needing to think about the current state of my gearbox. Like if a car approaching me on a roundabout suddenly changes lane and I'm already moving I have a choice to make in a split second. I can do nothing and hope the other driver reacts, I could stop dead in my tracks which might cause me to be hit by the other driver or somebody behind who didn't react fast enough to me braking, or, I can accelerate away from the car which just appeared round a bend or made a manoeuvre which I need to react to right there and then. If it were the latter which was to save me from being hit or hitting someone else, then I'd rather be able to react a full second earlier by not having to clutch in and select a gear first. That split second of time which I've saved on so many occasions has been the difference between being t-boned at speed (potentially dying) and being able to go home in one piece. If I used the technique in the video my kids and I could very well be dead now. Don't coast people.
Exactly. Took me a a year or two to realize I could creep in first as I always thought she'd stall out. One day I just left it in 1st no clutch and the rest was history.
Not just this but if you keep the neutral over any speed you can damage the gearbox in long run, meaning that is worst than a simple clutch burn(easier to replace than the whole gearbox) and being more expensive. That's why they invented the clutch: to make you being able to change the gears without broke the whole gearbox while passing over neutral gear.
This might be right but it's unreal to do in cities. At least in Europe, where roads are small compared to the US. If you're leaving a 3 car gap behind you, get used to being honked at then.
If you're in a junction or a crossroad wanting to to enter the main road or the new road, creeping forward in 1st gear and keeping it in gear helps to have better control and you don't need to keep putting the car in gear and out of gear, it's not as efficient, although the method does have benefits in other similar situations; say you're in a line of traffic, and the cars start moving and then stop, give the car a little nudge in 1st gear and back to neutral.
@@ZacharyDalton Ahh, seems like you're an American. Simply put, a junction is an intersection of roads (min. 2 roads), and a crossroad is the place of intersection with two or more roads. Learn some vocabulary; might help ya see a completely new world. Prick.
Yea you are actually causing MORE premature wear on driveline components by constantly going from a drive gear to neutral and back. You are not hurting anything by keeping the clutch disengaged aka depressing the clutch pedal. That is exactly what it is designed to do; you want the clutch to engage you release the pedal, you want to disengage the clutch you depress the clutch pedal. This will not wear out anything at all. The only thing that is going to wear on your clutch disc is when you are applying power while manipulating the clutch pedal. If you are not on the throttle you are not causing any wear, period. Lastly, even during spirited driving or track sessions, it is still better to feather the clutch and ride it out then it is to dump the clutch. A clutch job is much cheaper than a transmission replacement.
I think what he was getting at was how some people will push the clutch halfway in while moving forward which causes the clutch to be somewhat engaged and not fully, that’s definitely not good for the clutch.
Holding the clutch in too long causes premature wear to the throw out bearing. The throw out bearing is not designed to be held on for long amounts of time, and usually, even with normal driving, they wear out far before the clutch. I try to keep my car in neutral with my foot off the clutch pedal as much as possible. Having a mechanics shop have to remove your whole transmission and charge you $1,000 labor just to replace the throw out bearing when the clutch wasn’t even worn isn’t very economical.
@@averagecarguy420 yeah same, especially when I had a front wheel drive, mechanics charge a lot to drop the k frame and the transmission. I always put it in neutral and either hold the brakes or let it hold itself if there’s not too much of an incline (not many hills around here)
You’re completely wrong, just laying your feet on the clutch will always wear it, get some research before talking. And keep putting in gears and out will sure cause wear, but if you always have your clutch in when putting in gears, isn’t that what you do in a trans? That’s called a NORMAL WEAR. But if you always lay your foot on the clutch or always on it, that’s called EXCESSIVE WEAR that’s unwanted (It’s like you never heard about RIDING THE CLUTCH). You clearly have no idea what yourself even talking about at this point and you don’t know how a manual and clutch work, please go search it up and stop giving people wrong info.
@@dreeary9475 synchros are made of metal and coated in oil, they last much longer than a throw out bearing. This guy obviously has no idea what he’s talking about, and I doubt he’s even heard of a throw out bearing.
I'm a truck driver in my truck I don't touch my clutch at all unless it's to take off in my car I never ride the clutch...my pops taught me to drive Manuel at the age of 9..but for you beginners just learning another good tip if your on a steep grade/incline and don't want roll back pull the E brake up get in the gear you need start easing out the clutch at the same time release your E brake..
@@moosey2842 you act like you would have everything you do without big rigs, they transport literally everything so show some respect for them out on the roads
215k miles on a clutch I installed 14 years ago. Works perfect heavy traffic and 'riding the clutch' in traffic isn't an issue. Burning the clutch out and doing clutch drops cause far more wear.
112k miles on my 2016 mustang Gt, original transmission and clutch, shifts as smooth as it did when new. Also, when shifting through gears make sure you depress the clutch all the way to the floor, and even more important, when shifting through the gears, don’t force the shifter into the next gear. All you have to do is put a little pressure on the shifter in the gear your shifting into and you’ll notice the shifter goes into gear much smoother and with a ton less wear on the synchros instead of forcing and pushing it into the next gear.
the one problem with leaving a "safe space" in front of you is that everyone else will take this as an invitation to go there.... truck driver here, could be following someone at safe braking distance (applying enough pressure to stop without risking a load shift or ABS to get on), and there's always someone who will see a hole, while braking is in progress, and get there, which shortens the available distance and force me to stop harder...
Advice from a person, from a nation of drivers who don't have to pass a test in a manual gearbox to drive a vehicle with a manual gearbox and clearly think it's safe to be in neutral whilst moving 🤦
@@baileyharrison1030 speed is irrelevant a moving vehicle in neutral has limited control engine breaking being the main factor and handling (try going round a corner in neutral and let me know how you get on), fact is it's dangerous whilst moving at any speed and I honestly cringe every time I see people do it even big UA-camrs do it and I cringe thinking all that money spent on that car and you could crash it because you don't have full control. Yes auto's have a neutral and you are told not to shift into neutral whilst moving even say's it in the new owners manual (wife's car is auto).
Many people don't know that holding the clutch puts strain on it, which causes premature wear. Might not like it but going to the manual is the best bet. Everything you do will all stress your car; the best thing to do is to know the limits.
Early in my time owning my Cadillac, I learned the limits of the clutch because it would easily heat up and start smoking. I haven't had any trouble with it since.
I hold my clutch in trafic, just letting it slowly to roll forward, my car has 200k miles and the clutch is the one I that was in the car when I bought it, I always kept my hand on the shift knob, never ruined a clutch in 5 cars with more than 100k miles each. Americans are trying to give advices about manuals transmission to people when they don’t know how to use them 🙄
@@Val.e36 non-Americans, for some reason, feel inadequate, so they take every chance they have to point out something even if they’re wrong, and a simple search on the internet can give them the information. I have a friend with an Acura NSX going at 150k miles who tried to destroy his engine for a month, rev lining it daily. Rev, it for 1hr 6min before going inside one day. That doesn’t mean that over revving is good for the car.
@@rubenoctave4156 You sound like you really need to go take a clutch apart and see the moving parts to understand why what you are saying is wrong. Keeping a clutch engaged doesn’t put any strain on the clutch, it is quite literally disengaging the clutch from the flywheel.
I purchased a vehicle with a bad throw out bearing from previous owner, the car had 28K miles on on it. I drove it for about 2 years before the throw out bearing went really bad, it was still functioning but when you press the clutch pedal to shift it was screaming. Before that it was just making a very low noise but i was waiting to replce the clutch at the same time so i dont pay for labor twice. The clutch still had 10K miles on it accoriding to porsche tech and this was at 56k miles
@@teodormarkovic4187 well clutch and bearing are always replaced together. Its like 1 complete package. Even when just your bearing is bad and your clutch still has 30k miles left or so its still replaced both. Most autoshops do that for the exact reason that you dont need to pay for labour twice
@@Ofmyownvolition lmao this Mustang will never see that many miles that it will wear out syncros. I have 90s bmw 5-speed manual with 300k miles and MILLIONS shifts and syncros work just fine.
One thing I learned through alot of experience and tries is that ok nice the car is rolling. You no longer need the clutch. Unless you are switching gears. I highly recommend using the clutch for that
What a bs, just clutch it and just put it in neatral whenever you feel your going to stop for longer period. Spare your ventury rings, clutch is an easy repair, do clutch fully, so the motor is spinning freely..
Food for thought, would you rather replace your clutch a few thousand miles earlier or replace your transmission because you’ve worn out all the components used for selecting first gear?
@@abrahamm1325 imagine thinking owning a pretty basic car like a Mustang meant anything at all about your knowledge of mechanical engineering. Kanye might own a jet, I ain’t getting anywhere near boarding a plane he’s done the maintenance on.
Just let it stay in first or second gear and let the cars idle pull you forward. Then you can use the gas or break to speed you up or slow you down. But you have to do what he said and keep a couple car lengths in between you and the car in front of you so you don’t have to come to a compete stop
I didn't learn anything new, but good to know I'm not the only one. Hate auto drivers though when light just goes green and they toot horn while I'm still letting out the clutch
You'll do a million shifts and decimate the synchro rings with that much shifting. What's wrong with just pressing in the clutch fully until you need to move again?
i just clutch point, get the car up to the minimum speed, and just let off the clutch and accelerator. the car just creeps along at 4-5 mph at 1k rpm without any input from me
"keeping the clutch pressed will wear out the throw out bearing" The 1st gear synchro would like to have a word. Besides the fact that for newer drivers there's a risk of grinding gears or stalling if you keep shifting in/out of gear repeatedly At slow speeds. Even then, if you can't creep fully in gear you won't be able to travel much before having to stop/break altogether.
The first gear synchro isn’t being used from a stand still lol. Synchros match input shafts speed to the selected gear. Input shaft isn’t really spinning when you’re at a dead stop & go into first from neutral
Best way to drive a manual in traffic is picks a gear, stick to it no matter what gap forms in front of you and slowly vibe your way though, once traffic clears up send it
Everyone who has ever been taught the right way to drive a manual transmission already knows this information. I had a 85 K5 Blazer with a 4 speed and you could ride the clutch like you'd ride your girlfriend or wife and never had any clutch fade.
I love the "dont rest your hand on the shifter"-advice everyone gives. Sure in an old car with gearlinkage, dont do it all the time. But most new cars use cables, slim to 0 damage by resting a hand on the shifter..
With external linkages like those on American 3- and 4-speed, rear-wheel drive cars, you risk bending the linkage and/or damaging the shift-shaft seals. With top-shifting and remote-shifting transmissions, you're increasing the wear on the _shifter_ bushings. With _any_ transmission, fore/aft force while it's in gear increases synchronizer wear - be gentle, they're commonly made of brass! But in almost every case, lightly resting the weight of your arm on the shifter is a non-issue. Just don't _lean_ on it.
Got stuck on I-45 in Houston this weekend with my WRX. Love the car, even with traffic. But the drivers suck. Houston drivers are inconsistent with throttle response, and green lights. The light turns green and they wait 5 seconds before proceeding through the light. As I stated. Love the car, but dread driving through Houston.
It also depends on your transmission! Sometimes it’s not meant to go into first while moving, like in my subaru. You can usually just let the clutch bite to get the car moving, if you have enough displacement/torque
Miata owners want to wear our clutches put as soon as possible, it gives us an excuse to fit a lightened flywheel "well i gotta pay to drop the clutch anyway might as well do the flywheel while I'm in there". Plus if it wasn't for traffic I wouldnt have learned about skyline drive on the SF peninsula. Why spend 90 mins in stop/go traffic on 101 when you can spend 90 minutes on winding country road through beautiful scenery?
*David Attenborough voice* "It appears we have found the very rare reasonable UA-cam commentor. Left undisturbed they often bring value and positivity to the otherwise toxic landscape. It appears however, *dramatic music begins* the trolls have caught his scent.."
Won’t wear out the clutch, but it will wear out the selector fork, and synchro, because resting your hand on the shifter applies constant pressure on a gear that can’t move.
Just putting a little pressure on the stick whilst in neutral encourages the syncros to come together and the car will push itself enough for a slow crawl.
This is stupid, I’ve always left it in gear in traffic. My last clutch lasted me 165k miles…. Also, you should always leave it in gear in case you need to get out of a hairy situation
As a driving instructor in a country that still has manual as standard, I would like to see you chew up a throw out bearing. Even while we are learning students to drive manual and using the clutch a lot on different manouvers, I have never burned out a clutch or throw out bearing. Riding the clutch has nothing to do with creeping up in traffic. You are hardly applying any force on the clutch when creeping. So heat in the clutch or bearing is hardly an issue. Leave a gap and just let the car roll stationary in 1st gear as much as possible. Press the clutch to slow down and put it in neutral at standstill.
he means leaving it i n neutral in stop and go traffic, cuz if u leave it in neutral and someone rear ends you, your car will jump forward into the car infront instead of stalling.@@GainsGoblin
I like manual so much more than automatic. People think it’s weird but I also like hand washing all of my clothes too. I guess I just like old fashion inefficiency
The issue for traffic sometimes I find is you pull away after leaving a decent gap only for the cars in front to not do the same and stopping just after you start setting off. And annoyingly in my car has a sharp clutch and rolls quicker sometimes than the traffic ahead and doesn't like going into first when rolling as it becomes jolty or could stall 😂
What if I tell you, you can leave it in 1st gear, start moving forward till the point where you put off your leg from clouch. And putt both legs off and car will automatically go forward in the constant speed...then just press clutch when you need to brake down. Works in all gears.
No matter what you do, youll wear some combo of the Shift linkages, Throwout bearing, or the clutch, so just stick to the technique that drives the smoothes and safest in traffic.
I’m going to be so hyped when there are cars that would automatically shift gears and all I have to do is hold onto the brakes and periodically tap the accelerator. One day…
Funny.. Here in Europe we drive mainly "with the stick" as y'all say.. It 's just natural.. Don' t even have to think about it.. No sweat.. Love from across the pond...
Stomp on clutch, apply full throttle, drop clutch, slam on breaks, restart, repeat
Ahh yes the classic rev and dump trick
Just make sure your ebrake is halfway up so you don't go too far
@@tylergautreaux6343 no to burnout
Haha RY you win the internet. Bravo 😂
A Mustang driver explaining how to drive is like a prolific serial killer explaining how to control his urges. Lol
Don't forget to also open your car door before getting in and out of the vehicle. Brakes also help to slow you down. Oh, and also turn your steering wheel to turn the car.
Can't forget to keep eyes open and breathe throughout the duration of your trip.
Don’t forget the metal stick thing you put in the hole by the steering circle to turn the car on. 😈
Most people don't know this but there are these little numbers in the dashboard usually above the steering wheel that has a little pointy thing that moves around kinda like the minute hand on a clock and it'll point to the speed that your car is going
Don't forget that the car has to be running in order to do this
Lmfaooo don’t forget to put gas in the car and remember to start the car before you begin driving.😂😂
I live in a country where every single car was manual until hybrid cvts became a thing, and most people still drive manuals. Nobody I know does this because it's impractical. If you did you'd get eaten alive in traffic. I've driven manuals for 20 years and needed one clutch kit in my first car that I also did burnouts and handbrake turns in. I could smell the clutch in that thing regularly and it still took a year to die. Creeping is fine, we all do it and the car is built to take it. Don't listen to Americans talking about double clutching and all that other bullshit, they don't know what they're talking about. It's like me telling them to open their fridge door gently so the hinges don't wear out.
Thats a good burn friend
I like the fridge joke lmao
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Lol what’s being American gotta do with it? Uneeded Clutch wear is bad for your vehicle regardless. Boneheaded comment
@@noahs7094 Woah Woah easy there don't go scheduling a drone attack on me
No matter what you do you’re going to wear out some part of the trans, the idea is to use a technique that does the least amount of wear, which often depends on the car you’re driving.
Its called don't constantly creep up to fill the gaps. Find your place and then sit at the stop light
@@gasNmudtv I get your idea, but spacing out at a stop light actually makes the light take longer in most cities. There's a magnetic strip that runs like 30 feet or so from the light that measures how many cars are at the light, and when you space out like 2 car lengths per car you make the light think there is less cars at the light.
Actually no. Lights are based on a timer system. @@jackaustin9561
@@gasNmudtvI don’t drive a manual but you have to creep in the 1 lane traffic in my area all the time.
Coming from a “stick” country I can confirm that no one does this and you shouldn’t either. Thanks.
Especially going to first. You'll end up breaking your neck lol..2nd maibe a lot smoother
I stay on second when I’m in heavy traffic until I come around 5 and go neutral to 1 and 2
I too can confirm this 20 plus years driving UK manual/stick
Lmfaoooo yup
What do u do
I usually leave about 4 to 5 car lengths and just coast in 1st gear (heavy traffic)
Once I had this old lady in a hyuandai getz get upset because of the gap i left.
Saw here waving her arms and calling me names through my rear view.
Traction control off and 1st gear full throttle in my 6.0L smoked the rears up nicely and she shit bricks.... after that she too left a 5 car gap between her and I 😅🤣
Can’t do that in California, you’ll get no where with cars constantly cutting you off
@@marcosmadrigal3155 yeah happens here to in Aus but fuck it, just spend 3k aud on a new clutch mate 😅🤣
I drive a dual clutch (DSG), and the clutch pack cost an arm and leg to replace. Since I had to replace the clutch I avoid creeping in traffic and always keep a few car lenghths in front of me, for some reason idiots will jump in front of me or people behind me loose their marbles for leaving even a car lenghth gap in front of me. A little message to those people just because you don't give a shit about your car doesn't mean everyone is careless like you and when my clutch wears prematurely you aint gonna be the one paying the bill!
@@sharukhjamal2627 well stop being a puss and drive. Nothing worse than having horrible traffic and being stuck behind a dumbass who is to afraid to go, slowing traffic even more. Don’t even get me started with the British roadblocks
@@chefboyarb Dumbasses like yourself who say caring about your own car is the same as being afraid to go, do you not read! Or do you not know how to read!🤨
Go ride your bicycle or cheap shitbox!
“Leave a couple of car lengths space between the car in front of you” yeah, try that in Atlanta and see how quick you’ll have a whole lane merge into yours 😂😂
Ive rode 75 through Atlanta many times and it doesn't matter what time of the day the traffic always sucks lol
Try doing that in India, even if you have a 10-inch gap a motorcyclist is going to creep up in between 😓
@@shree397 Try leaving a couple of inches in Egypt and you’ll have cars coming from both lanes squeezing you trying to get in your lane.
Try that in india and you won't be able to move for hours.
Try that in Saudi and theres a 20%% chance you’ll get pushed from behind
You have a clutch for a reason - use it. That’s like being afraid to brake because you don’t want to wear down your brake pads.
Facts, I’ve only known how to drive stick for around 2 years and I already know that. This dude doesn’t know stick as well as he thinks
Yeah only brake pads dont cost like 2000 dollars
@@mLK635 You paying $2,000 for a clutch swap in a car, you're getting ripped off.
@@mLK635my clutch costs 300 dollars ☠️
@@minarchisttrucker2775clutch swap… not clutch.
A tip from my driving instructor that really helped me out: first gear, slowly let go of the clutch, DONT GET ON THE GAS, clutch slowly beyond the bite point, now the car drives itself in first gear just from the engine in 1.gear idle
You'll stall a lot of cars that way though
@@tgm9991exactly, my driving instructor too taught me to let go of the clutch without throttling and I was stalling all the time
@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingForu dont drop the clutch completely, let go to biting point, let car start moving, then release completely and use throttle
@@drippysnipez1290 still, you are more likely to stall if you let the clutch engage without revving up the engine
This is car-specific. My Toyota Tacoma, you can kinda do that, but the starts to shudder before it starts actually moving, very close to stalling.
Living in the UK, I don’t know anyone who’s burned out a clutch in this way 😂😂😂 like, sure, you could burn out a sports cars clutch by really slipping it, but just crawling in traffic ain’t gonna do that
Yh this dudes a clown, I've never heard of anyone apart from the arseholes that drive in a rev band on the street have human caused clutch issues
So how do I creep then?
@@blainevantine1634 as long as you’re not reviving the car like crazy and slipping the clutch, you won’t burn it out unless you’re doing it for like 10 hours+ straight.
Tbf, the dudes explanation is the best way of crawling in traffic anyway, but unless you’ve got a 1980s Lamborghini, you don’t need to worry about the clutch.
Keep the revs at or below 1000 rpm when creeping
@@frafraplanner9277won't it stall under 1k?
Pressing in and holding the clutch is better than constant full disengagement and engagement. Also, by going fully into neutral and back into first you're wearing the synchros in your transmission out faster, which going into first gear while moving is about the worst on them (other than not rev matching on downshifts)
Agreed
Lmao everybody an expert nowadays 😂👍🏻
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@@furhadnasserjah123 explain good sir 😄
@@Jessethecarguy You know he can’t 😂😂
Horrible advice, you could easily just put in 1st with no throttle and creep
sometimes it isn't enough. I usually put in 1st and leave it creep but I gotta leave a good gap with the next car so I don't have to stop and then the retardeds behind me get angry 😂
Yeah, at idle speed in first, I can creep along, and even use the brake a bit, to keep the clutch engaged as much as possible. If EVERYONE had a manual transmission, traffic would probably move better because then no one would want to come to a complete stop.
@@Blaquer17 the amount of fucking true this is just dawned upon me 🙂 i wish
I have a manual and I do the same, I just let it creep in idle but Uk traffic is more forgiving
Its a gasoline not a Cummins Turbo Diesel
I've owned only manual cars and find that most of the time 1st gear with no throttle is a really good pace in slow moving traffic, if the traffic speeds up a little I change to 2nd, this way the car is never coasting. I can depress the clutch and hit the brake to stop or choose to accelerate away from a hazard quickly without needing to think about the current state of my gearbox. Like if a car approaching me on a roundabout suddenly changes lane and I'm already moving I have a choice to make in a split second. I can do nothing and hope the other driver reacts, I could stop dead in my tracks which might cause me to be hit by the other driver or somebody behind who didn't react fast enough to me braking, or, I can accelerate away from the car which just appeared round a bend or made a manoeuvre which I need to react to right there and then. If it were the latter which was to save me from being hit or hitting someone else, then I'd rather be able to react a full second earlier by not having to clutch in and select a gear first. That split second of time which I've saved on so many occasions has been the difference between being t-boned at speed (potentially dying) and being able to go home in one piece. If I used the technique in the video my kids and I could very well be dead now. Don't coast people.
100% always in 1st with no throttle in traffic.
This
Exactly. Took me a a year or two to realize I could creep in first as I always thought she'd stall out. One day I just left it in 1st no clutch and the rest was history.
No coast on manual?!
Get out of here! -_____-
Kudos ❤️❤️
I'd rather just have the clutch wear out than having all of the linkages wear by constantly engaging and disengaging gears.
Yeah if you know how to drive stick you stay in gear when you can and avoid neutral
You won’t burn your synchros engaging first from a stand still :)
100%
Not just this but if you keep the neutral over any speed you can damage the gearbox in long run, meaning that is worst than a simple clutch burn(easier to replace than the whole gearbox) and being more expensive. That's why they invented the clutch: to make you being able to change the gears without broke the whole gearbox while passing over neutral gear.
@@joaolucassantosviegas3334driving in neutral doesn't damage the wearbox, in fact when you have your car towed you put it in neutral
“If i’m going to creep, Which I Never Do” 😅
guess he never turns left
This might be right but it's unreal to do in cities. At least in Europe, where roads are small compared to the US. If you're leaving a 3 car gap behind you, get used to being honked at then.
its worse if you're in asia, people just take the spot infront you when you leave a gap 😂
@@svvdm so true
@@svvdm basically vancouver
@@svvdm come to la 😂 there wouldn’t be a gap because everyone gets cut off if you leave even half a car
In Ireland we get mad if you don’t do 20 over the limit minimum 😂
If you're in a junction or a crossroad wanting to to enter the main road or the new road, creeping forward in 1st gear and keeping it in gear helps to have better control and you don't need to keep putting the car in gear and out of gear, it's not as efficient, although the method does have benefits in other similar situations; say you're in a line of traffic, and the cars start moving and then stop, give the car a little nudge in 1st gear and back to neutral.
what in the fucking world is a junction and what is a crossroad
Blip the 1st and put it back in neutral to creep on a hill going up to scare the automatic driver behind you who rides your ass 😈
@@ZacharyDalton Ahh, seems like you're an American. Simply put, a junction is an intersection of roads (min. 2 roads), and a crossroad is the place of intersection with two or more roads. Learn some vocabulary; might help ya see a completely new world. Prick.
@@aJayFreeman Might just end up scaring yourself if you don't get back on the blip real quick.
@@hungleba3996 you can’t assume everyone on the internet (especially on the comments for an American video) is British lol
Yea you are actually causing MORE premature wear on driveline components by constantly going from a drive gear to neutral and back. You are not hurting anything by keeping the clutch disengaged aka depressing the clutch pedal. That is exactly what it is designed to do; you want the clutch to engage you release the pedal, you want to disengage the clutch you depress the clutch pedal. This will not wear out anything at all. The only thing that is going to wear on your clutch disc is when you are applying power while manipulating the clutch pedal. If you are not on the throttle you are not causing any wear, period. Lastly, even during spirited driving or track sessions, it is still better to feather the clutch and ride it out then it is to dump the clutch. A clutch job is much cheaper than a transmission replacement.
I think what he was getting at was how some people will push the clutch halfway in while moving forward which causes the clutch to be somewhat engaged and not fully, that’s definitely not good for the clutch.
Holding the clutch in too long causes premature wear to the throw out bearing. The throw out bearing is not designed to be held on for long amounts of time, and usually, even with normal driving, they wear out far before the clutch. I try to keep my car in neutral with my foot off the clutch pedal as much as possible. Having a mechanics shop have to remove your whole transmission and charge you $1,000 labor just to replace the throw out bearing when the clutch wasn’t even worn isn’t very economical.
@@averagecarguy420 yeah same, especially when I had a front wheel drive, mechanics charge a lot to drop the k frame and the transmission. I always put it in neutral and either hold the brakes or let it hold itself if there’s not too much of an incline (not many hills around here)
You’re completely wrong, just laying your feet on the clutch will always wear it, get some research before talking. And keep putting in gears and out will sure cause wear, but if you always have your clutch in when putting in gears, isn’t that what you do in a trans? That’s called a NORMAL WEAR. But if you always lay your foot on the clutch or always on it, that’s called EXCESSIVE WEAR that’s unwanted (It’s like you never heard about RIDING THE CLUTCH). You clearly have no idea what yourself even talking about at this point and you don’t know how a manual and clutch work, please go search it up and stop giving people wrong info.
@@dreeary9475 synchros are made of metal and coated in oil, they last much longer than a throw out bearing. This guy obviously has no idea what he’s talking about, and I doubt he’s even heard of a throw out bearing.
I'm a truck driver in my truck I don't touch my clutch at all unless it's to take off in my car I never ride the clutch...my pops taught me to drive Manuel at the age of 9..but for you beginners just learning another good tip if your on a steep grade/incline and don't want roll back pull the E brake up get in the gear you need start easing out the clutch at the same time release your E brake..
You can tell he just passed his dads manual test and is now a “Professional”.
I don’t talk to my dad buddy
@@TobyVegaD 😂😂 someone got butt hurt
@@TobyVegaD your mom must have done very well alimony wise then.
What do you mean?
@@TobyVegaD you still have time to delete this bro you embarrassed yourself enough
Leave a couple car lengths and your gonna have a couple of cars cut in front of you and you just went nowhere and have zero room in front of you.
Yeah im from new york, not even quite in the city but its still every man for himself out here
The fact everyone all about themselves on the interstates, causes accidents and slow traffic.
@@donkerbollsdo you drive a manual? I’m in nyc too and debating getting a 5.0
Another technique is get behind a big rig with a load. Those dudes do not want to stop.
They also hold up traffic when they do stop.
@@moosey2842 Let's strap an 11,000 pound empty trailer to the ass end of your car and let's see how fast you get up to speed.
@@moosey2842 you act like you would have everything you do without big rigs, they transport literally everything so show some respect for them out on the roads
215k miles on a clutch I installed 14 years ago. Works perfect heavy traffic and 'riding the clutch' in traffic isn't an issue. Burning the clutch out and doing clutch drops cause far more wear.
112k miles on my 2016 mustang Gt, original transmission and clutch, shifts as smooth as it did when new. Also, when shifting through gears make sure you depress the clutch all the way to the floor, and even more important, when shifting through the gears, don’t force the shifter into the next gear. All you have to do is put a little pressure on the shifter in the gear your shifting into and you’ll notice the shifter goes into gear much smoother and with a ton less wear on the synchros instead of forcing and pushing it into the next gear.
the one problem with leaving a "safe space" in front of you is that everyone else will take this as an invitation to go there....
truck driver here, could be following someone at safe braking distance (applying enough pressure to stop without risking a load shift or ABS to get on), and there's always someone who will see a hole, while braking is in progress, and get there, which shortens the available distance and force me to stop harder...
Nobody gonna mention the GT inspired tail lights? Ford GT. Not Mustang GT. Everone missed it. May have been the point of the video.
Yea them shits was ugly fam
@@TheV3la fr idk how anyone thinks that looks good. Seen similar lights on a BRZ a few times, looks just as bad
@@cat740dt lmao was thinking ferrari but they also have them type of lights
@@TheV3la Ford gt
I think they should start making them with the actual ford gt lights
You've described what is actually called "free wheeling" the art of knocking your gear box into neutral whist moving forward
In England this would be considered ridiculous and I agree 👍
100%
Advice from a person, from a nation of drivers who don't have to pass a test in a manual gearbox to drive a vehicle with a manual gearbox and clearly think it's safe to be in neutral whilst moving 🤦
@@billysworkshop. Exactly, might as well get out and push it.
@@billysworkshop. Automatics have a neutral too so there’s no need to pass a test to know that. And it’s not like he’s going a dangerous speed
@@baileyharrison1030 speed is irrelevant a moving vehicle in neutral has limited control engine breaking being the main factor and handling (try going round a corner in neutral and let me know how you get on), fact is it's dangerous whilst moving at any speed and I honestly cringe every time I see people do it even big UA-camrs do it and I cringe thinking all that money spent on that car and you could crash it because you don't have full control. Yes auto's have a neutral and you are told not to shift into neutral whilst moving even say's it in the new owners manual (wife's car is auto).
A man with proper follow distance!!!! I don’t see this enough
This is exactly what I'm doing and I learned this by myself for I'm always conscious of clutch preservation.
It’s a good idea to keep a good multiple car length gap in any car automatic or manual to avoid accidents in stop and go traffic
Many people don't know that holding the clutch puts strain on it, which causes premature wear. Might not like it but going to the manual is the best bet. Everything you do will all stress your car; the best thing to do is to know the limits.
Early in my time owning my Cadillac, I learned the limits of the clutch because it would easily heat up and start smoking.
I haven't had any trouble with it since.
@@th3ch33t I have an aftermarket clutch and a short throw shifter for my first manual car. I’m just lucky it can handle me behind the wheel.
I hold my clutch in trafic, just letting it slowly to roll forward, my car has 200k miles and the clutch is the one I that was in the car when I bought it, I always kept my hand on the shift knob, never ruined a clutch in 5 cars with more than 100k miles each. Americans are trying to give advices about manuals transmission to people when they don’t know how to use them 🙄
@@Val.e36 non-Americans, for some reason, feel inadequate, so they take every chance they have to point out something even if they’re wrong, and a simple search on the internet can give them the information. I have a friend with an Acura NSX going at 150k miles who tried to destroy his engine for a month, rev lining it daily. Rev, it for 1hr 6min before going inside one day. That doesn’t mean that over revving is good for the car.
@@rubenoctave4156 You sound like you really need to go take a clutch apart and see the moving parts to understand why what you are saying is wrong. Keeping a clutch engaged doesn’t put any strain on the clutch, it is quite literally disengaging the clutch from the flywheel.
Excessive clutch engagement will eventually cause throw out bearing issues not holding it applied
I purchased a vehicle with a bad throw out bearing from previous owner, the car had 28K miles on on it. I drove it for about 2 years before the throw out bearing went really bad, it was still functioning but when you press the clutch pedal to shift it was screaming. Before that it was just making a very low noise but i was waiting to replce the clutch at the same time so i dont pay for labor twice. The clutch still had 10K miles on it accoriding to porsche tech and this was at 56k miles
@@teodormarkovic4187 well clutch and bearing are always replaced together. Its like 1 complete package. Even when just your bearing is bad and your clutch still has 30k miles left or so its still replaced both. Most autoshops do that for the exact reason that you dont need to pay for labour twice
Excessive gear changes wears out synchros which is worse
I guess it’s like a spring, holding it in compression will cause zero wear
@@Ofmyownvolition lmao this Mustang will never see that many miles that it will wear out syncros. I have 90s bmw 5-speed manual with 300k miles and MILLIONS shifts and syncros work just fine.
One thing I learned through alot of experience and tries is that ok nice the car is rolling. You no longer need the clutch. Unless you are switching gears. I highly recommend using the clutch for that
Been driving manual for 2 years and I found this helpful
What a bs, just clutch it and just put it in neatral whenever you feel your going to stop for longer period. Spare your ventury rings, clutch is an easy repair, do clutch fully, so the motor is spinning freely..
Food for thought, would you rather replace your clutch a few thousand miles earlier or replace your transmission because you’ve worn out all the components used for selecting first gear?
for real 😁
I don’t think your shift forks wear out from selecting first gear :)
Well toby what you think.... Is wrong for sure 😂
Great advice, destroy your gearbox to avoid wearing out your clutch 😂
Won’t damage the gear box if you have basically no load on it
@@pipedgolf4634 you’re right, the box will be fine, it’s the linkages and syncos that will have a super short life.
@@benlucid3063 yup yup true
He has a mustang so he just thinks he knows everything about cars and driving and us mustangless peasants are too pathetic to figure it out
@@abrahamm1325 imagine thinking owning a pretty basic car like a Mustang meant anything at all about your knowledge of mechanical engineering. Kanye might own a jet, I ain’t getting anywhere near boarding a plane he’s done the maintenance on.
Thank you I am glad people still drive these
I just got my first manual, it's an 02 newedge, and I appreciate your teachings lol.
In the words of crosshairs from transformers: “Push, hold, slide, repeat”
If you're gonna creep in traffic, get in front of a semi and do it. Chances are they are a manual too and will understand what you doin.
Just let it stay in first or second gear and let the cars idle pull you forward. Then you can use the gas or break to speed you up or slow you down. But you have to do what he said and keep a couple car lengths in between you and the car in front of you so you don’t have to come to a compete stop
The interior of that vehicle is dope!!
I didn't learn anything new, but good to know I'm not the only one. Hate auto drivers though when light just goes green and they toot horn while I'm still letting out the clutch
If I see an Instagram handle sticker on a car I automatically assume that person has nothing of interest to say. I was right again
Fs
You'll do a million shifts and decimate the synchro rings with that much shifting. What's wrong with just pressing in the clutch fully until you need to move again?
Nothing. That's what millions of people do. Not what this guy is telling us to do
@@mattsloop2736 yes that's what I was implying. That's what normally should be done 😂 shifting in and out every 2 seconds isn't normal
@@crazydrifter13 I was agreeing with ya.
@@mattsloop2736 😂👍🏼
That's what the clutch was made for
i just clutch point, get the car up to the minimum speed, and just let off the clutch and accelerator. the car just creeps along at 4-5 mph at 1k rpm without any input from me
Yup. Just idle in 1st gear. Doesn’t have to be anymore complicated than that.
You drive a small engine car then. Lots of cars will creep quicker than thay
@@cambridgedad6458 yup. my daily is a 1.0 litre Eco boost fiesta
@@kreenfarhat3785 sounds fun!
A proper message for the “TAILGATERS”!
I love that stone you used for your driveway.
"keeping the clutch pressed will wear out the throw out bearing"
The 1st gear synchro would like to have a word. Besides the fact that for newer drivers there's a risk of grinding gears or stalling if you keep shifting in/out of gear repeatedly At slow speeds.
Even then, if you can't creep fully in gear you won't be able to travel much before having to stop/break altogether.
The first gear synchro isn’t being used from a stand still lol. Synchros match input shafts speed to the selected gear. Input shaft isn’t really spinning when you’re at a dead stop & go into first from neutral
Best way to drive a manual in traffic is picks a gear, stick to it no matter what gap forms in front of you and slowly vibe your way though, once traffic clears up send it
Everyone who has ever been taught the right way to drive a manual transmission already knows this information. I had a 85 K5 Blazer with a 4 speed and you could ride the clutch like you'd ride your girlfriend or wife and never had any clutch fade.
That’s how my 92 Toyota Camry is lol.
Your wrong, you should always have full controle of your car
@@davidpowell2939 That's what he is advocating for...
I love the "dont rest your hand on the shifter"-advice everyone gives. Sure in an old car with gearlinkage, dont do it all the time. But most new cars use cables, slim to 0 damage by resting a hand on the shifter..
What is new 50s plus 90s plus 2010s plus 2020s???
With external linkages like those on American 3- and 4-speed, rear-wheel drive cars, you risk bending the linkage and/or damaging the shift-shaft seals.
With top-shifting and remote-shifting transmissions, you're increasing the wear on the _shifter_ bushings.
With _any_ transmission, fore/aft force while it's in gear increases synchronizer wear - be gentle, they're commonly made of brass!
But in almost every case, lightly resting the weight of your arm on the shifter is a non-issue. Just don't _lean_ on it.
Dude I didn’t know I was the reason my throw out bearing went out , makes sense didn’t even think about it but now I know thanks dude
You know you’re American when you need a video explaining how to use the clutch
Side note: that steering wheel is sick lol
Ty!
Got stuck on I-45 in Houston this weekend with my WRX. Love the car, even with traffic. But the drivers suck. Houston drivers are inconsistent with throttle response, and green lights. The light turns green and they wait 5 seconds before proceeding through the light. As I stated. Love the car, but dread driving through Houston.
These kind of drivers are found everywhere in the world
Blame urban sprawl
@@frafraplanner9277 YUP!!
It also depends on your transmission! Sometimes it’s not meant to go into first while moving, like in my subaru. You can usually just let the clutch bite to get the car moving, if you have enough displacement/torque
Dunno who’s idea it was to put Ferrari taillights on there but it’s looking baller!
Those tail lights tho they rice rice 😂😂
They're Ford GT tailights. They do look terrible on mustangs...
If he likes it why y’all judge
@@jjstreams0because we can doofus, everything and everyone is judged in one way or another
@@geronimomajinbro using the word doofus in 2024 is wild
@@jjstreams0 not as wild as your face
Miata owners want to wear our clutches put as soon as possible, it gives us an excuse to fit a lightened flywheel "well i gotta pay to drop the clutch anyway might as well do the flywheel while I'm in there". Plus if it wasn't for traffic I wouldnt have learned about skyline drive on the SF peninsula. Why spend 90 mins in stop/go traffic on 101 when you can spend 90 minutes on winding country road through beautiful scenery?
*David Attenborough voice*
"It appears we have found the very rare reasonable UA-cam commentor. Left undisturbed they often bring value and positivity to the otherwise toxic landscape. It appears however, *dramatic music begins* the trolls have caught his scent.."
“And i take my hand off the shifter” 😂😂
Yall can leave your hand on the shifter, it wont wear out the clutch.
Won’t wear out the clutch, but it will wear out the selector fork, and synchro, because resting your hand on the shifter applies constant pressure on a gear that can’t move.
Just putting a little pressure on the stick whilst in neutral encourages the syncros to come together and the car will push itself enough for a slow crawl.
Bro. I have no idea what this video is about. But i had no idea the mustangs steering wheel was like that. That’s dope.
Dawg... wtf are those tail lights
I like them. I think they look cool!
@@zillatowntv Ty!
Everyone knows Ferrari made a model of the mustang bro
Looked like GT inspired headlights. The Ford GT. Not mustang gt
Americans: “that’s really informative”
Rest of world: “well……durrrr!”
100% lmfao. Here in Australia at least 85% pop can drive a h Patten..
@@tranceman9670 oooh stop the cap
@@joelevans8499 just a fact.
@Kevin S It's a fact...
@@joelevans8499 everywhere in the world other than America drives manuals, its strange to see an auto here in England
"You don't have to be on their a**"
Every pickup driver and broke dude in a 2007 Nissan altima: *Impossible*
Your car is beautiful. 🤩
Ty bro 💪
Full send! When you see a crowd!
What I've learned in life is never to take an American saying anything about using manual transmission seriously. Best wishes from all Europeans
Meanwhile Hudson hornet “ Drafting ..”
This is stupid, I’ve always left it in gear in traffic. My last clutch lasted me 165k miles…. Also, you should always leave it in gear in case you need to get out of a hairy situation
informative and detailed short, thank youuuu
The Ferrari brake lights go hard
As a driving instructor in a country that still has manual as standard, I would like to see you chew up a throw out bearing. Even while we are learning students to drive manual and using the clutch a lot on different manouvers, I have never burned out a clutch or throw out bearing. Riding the clutch has nothing to do with creeping up in traffic. You are hardly applying any force on the clutch when creeping. So heat in the clutch or bearing is hardly an issue.
Leave a gap and just let the car roll stationary in 1st gear as much as possible. Press the clutch to slow down and put it in neutral at standstill.
This is exactly what i do. The motor will stay alive even at idle and move the car, clutch fully engaged
If your constantly in heavy traffic I suggest you get a automatic.
Crazy how your literally taught not to be on someone's ass yet everyone does it, I'm such a defensive driver.
when people tailgate me i slow down even more because im never in a rush and like going slow anyways to have more time to listen to my music😂😂
@@louisbarningham for real can’t drive in peace without idiots tail gating
The thing that sucks the most about being a car length distance is that you constantly get cut off
@@louisbarningham I despise your kind.
I got a speeding ticket recently despite always leaving a 3-second gap in the passing lane. We can't win.
my dad always creeps up on tight traffic, now it makes sense why he does it
We making everyone leave the neighborhood with this one 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
Going in and out of first constantly is gonna put way more wear on the synchros. A clutch replacement is cheaper than a transmission rebuild.
How so if the car is stopped? The synchros aren’t matching speeds to the input shaft if you’re at a stand still
It's actually illegal to go in neutral while not at a full stop in my country.
How the hell do people shift gears in your country ?
he means leaving it i n neutral in stop and go traffic, cuz if u leave it in neutral and someone rear ends you, your car will jump forward into the car infront instead of stalling.@@GainsGoblin
Did you change the steering? Looks nice bro.
Yessir
@@TobyVegaD what is the brand or name for the new one ? Where did you get it from ?
@@thaieralawadh2223 I got it from eBay!
@@TobyVegaD it looks awesome bro .. keep it up.. I think there is digital odometer which looks super cool too.
This car's interior looks amazing
I like manual so much more than automatic. People think it’s weird but I also like hand washing all of my clothes too. I guess I just like old fashion inefficiency
A millennial who drives a manual? There's still hope for this world
Gen Z lol
@@TobyVegaD grn z is.. 40+ y.o? Pretty old?
@@Jason.cbr1000rr Gen Z is the age group born after 1998
Being a Mustang owner is like being the death itself.
Yup
“You don’t always have to be on someone’s ass”
BMW drivers: “write that down write that down!”
Over in the UK that's called coasting which is also illegal. Which means you're not in full control of the car due to the engine braking.
"If I'm gonna creep, which I never do, this is what I would do"
This is a video where i needed an excuse to wierd flex the mustang
The issue for traffic sometimes I find is you pull away after leaving a decent gap only for the cars in front to not do the same and stopping just after you start setting off. And annoyingly in my car has a sharp clutch and rolls quicker sometimes than the traffic ahead and doesn't like going into first when rolling as it becomes jolty or could stall 😂
I also have a hard clutch, it won't go back into first gear when the car is moving, so i pop it into 2nd and let it cruise
Fun fact: using your manual transmission can cause premature ware, which may or may not be covered under warranty.
American videos about how to drive stick be like:
What if I tell you, you can leave it in 1st gear, start moving forward till the point where you put off your leg from clouch. And putt both legs off and car will automatically go forward in the constant speed...then just press clutch when you need to brake down. Works in all gears.
No matter what you do, youll wear some combo of the Shift linkages, Throwout bearing, or the clutch, so just stick to the technique that drives the smoothes and safest in traffic.
I’m going to be so hyped when there are cars that would automatically shift gears and all I have to do is hold onto the brakes and periodically tap the accelerator. One day…
It looks like this mustang was made in a Ferrari dealership. Lol.
They're off the Ford Gt
@@TobyVegaD it's uh.. it's really ugly
he will just perfectly wear out everything else to engage and disengage…
That steering wheel is siiiick!
Funny.. Here in Europe we drive mainly "with the stick" as y'all say..
It 's just natural.. Don' t even have to think about it.. No sweat..
Love from across the pond...