in obsolete skills, i chose to talk about how to use a manual transmission. below is a picture of a manual transmission. in using one, first you have to know what it is, as what i posted on google docs, the simplest way of explaining what a manual transmission is is that it gives the driver freedome to change the gears at any given time. there is a clutch which the driver uses inorder to get the car in the desired gear, there are a total of three pedals in a manual transmission car as compared to two pedals in an automatic transmission vehicle. to get started on how to use it, first start the car but when you do, make sure the car in is "neutral" (this is when the stick is in the middle and not in any gear). after you have started the car, place it in first gear by stepping on the clutch and placing the stick on the first gear slot which is the slot to the upper left (assuming you are at a full stop), slowly release the clutch and as you do that slowly step on the accelerator pedal to get the engine revs up so that the car can move. once you have reached optimal revs, you may now change gears using the same process, which is stepping on the clutch and placing the stick on the second gear slot which is usualy the lower left slot, and so on. see the diagram below to learn more about how a manual transmission looks and works. see the gears and how they are fitted in the housing.
