Now move your hand so that your palm is facing you, cupping the gear lever. Move the gear lever forward, allow it to spring into the central neutral position then move it forward to select third gear. To select fifth gear keep your hand in the same position and move the gear lever forwards, across to the right against the neutral spring and forwards.
Make sure that it is safe to change gear. Any place where it is necessary to use both hands to steer the car, such as a corner or bend would not be suitable. Next, ease off the accelerator pedal just prior to depressing the clutch pedal. The two actions are almost simultaneous. Select the appropriate gear using your left hand while being careful to look ahead and not at the gear lever.
Release the clutch pedal just prior to reapplying pressure to the accelerator pedal with your right foot. Again the two actions are almost simultaneous. This will dramatically reduce the power being transmitted from the engine to the gearbox, enabling you to select a gear without causing any damage to the gear mechanism.
What gear should you always start off in my dads always started in 1st gear, but my uncle came round and told him to start in 2nd gear, that 1st is very rarely used and is for going uphill, what gear should my dad start in. Hello Alicia, You should always start moving off in 1st gear. You can move off in 2nd, but you would need to slip the clutch much more to prevent stalling. You can try 2nd gear to see if it helps. Is he ok in other cars or just this car he kangaroo jumps?
Generally, to get a good idea of when to change up, listen to the engine. As the engine begins to work harder and you can hear it revving, change up a gear. If going down hill, select a lower gear to allow the car to slow down using engine braking — this will save wear on the brakes. Keeping the car in as higher gear as possible, but allowing the car to also be responsive with the accelerator will give you more control and save fuel.
So listen to the engine — this will tell you when to change up. I usually use 4th gear till speed 60mph. Is this okay? Hi Sheetal, The chart is a rough estimate for learner drivers in the UK to know when to change gear.
Each car is a little different, but generally for economy, change up a gear as soon as you can and when the engine is capable of doing so. If he is taking a long time, then he is also using more fuel as the car will slow down during gear changes.
Hello Alex, They do take eco-driving into account on the driving test. If you red line it due to necessity; for example you required high acceleration to reach a high speed for joining a dual carriageway, that would be acceptable.
But consistently doing so unnecessarily might result in some issues. Using a lower gear say 3rd instead of 4th for example means you will have better control of your vehicle and the engine will struggle less to get uphill.
Hi Jen, Primarily you need to use the brake to slow down rather than the gears, but you also need to change to the appropriate gear based on your speed for making turns. See stop signs and lines. Always observe in your mirrors before moving off as cyclists and motorcycles can come from nowhere and always check the road is clear of other vehicles making a last second dash and pedestrians crossing before moving off. See traffic lights. Hello Raf, All modern and popular cars are good at handling various speeds in all gears these days.
Much better than they used to be. If the car is getting a little old or is very high mileage, it might be starting to struggle a little. Thank you. I failed my driving test because I struggled with changing gears. In normal driving I know what to do, but in the test environment I was very nervous and kept changing to 5th instead of 3rd, to 1st instead of 2nd etc which led to shudders and horrible noises and the examiner was not impressed.
I was thinking because the car I was driving does not have any indicators in front of you showing which gear your car is in, maybe I should have my next test in another car, for example Mini, where there are not only indicators of the gears on the dashboard, but also arrows prompting to change gears.
It would massively help me in my test I would think as I am always under a big pressure during those tests. What would you suggest? I would recommend a driving lesson or two where gear changing is priority — over varied road types.
How you hold the gear stick also makes a big difference. Getting into the habit of cupping your hand and pushing the lever away for 1st and 2nd, pulling the lever towards you for 5th and letting the lever sit naturally in the middle for 3rd and 4th and simply cup under the lever to push up and above the lever to pull down.
I knew about this method, but did not pay attention to how to cup my hand as I did not really make mistakes with changing gears when I was learning to drive, but in the test my gear changes suddenly became erratic and I could not believe myself that I kept choosing wrong gears. I should defo learn how to correctly move my hand in while changing gears as in stressful situations like tests when nerves are putting lots of pressure on me at least the gear change would not cause me a trouble!
Yes it will help in the test. You can always sit in a friends or families car with the engine off and practice. When changing up a gear, you listen to the engine and as it starts to rev higher, you change up.
An instructor will tell you when to change at the beginning, but as you get used to it, you will know yourself. Please…I want to know the direction of de gears.. Say you are driving at 60mph but have to brake and slow the car to 20mph.
Here you wouldn't have to change down through the gears but could go from fifth to third, or even to second. Likewise, you can block change up, while accelerating you could change from third into fifth, a method which helps save fuel. Block changes also reduces wear on the clutch as it is used less often. Lower gears provide greater power and acceleration.
Sometimes you will need to change to a lower gear because you need a burst of power and acceleration, for example when overtaking. When you remove your foot from the accelerator the engine automatically slows the car, this is known as the engine brake. In high gears this effect is hardly noticeable but in low gears the engine brake is much more noticeable and is an effective way of slowing the car.
You should select a lower gear when driving downhill, so the engine brake helps to control your speed.
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