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MINDALANO, FAREED A.

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

CPE23 A FLOW CHART ON DRIVING A MANUAL CAR

START THE ENGINE

ADJUST EVERYTHING ACCORDING TO YOUR COMFORT

IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT DOES THE CLUTCH DO AND HOW DOES IT WORK BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE

EVERYTHING = SEATS, MIRRORS, TIRES, ETC.

START

SLOWLY APPLY GAS PEDAL

SLOWLY RELEASE CLUTCH PEDAL

MOVE THE GEAR SHIFTER TO DESIRED GEAR

APPLY CLUTCH

YOUR GEAR IS USUALLY BASED ON THE CURRENT SPEED OF YOUR CAR. IF YOU’RE COMING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, YOU’LL HAVE TO START WITH THE 1ST GEAR. IF NOT, YOU’LL EITHER COME UP OR DOWN WITH THE CURRENT GEAR YOUR CAR IS ON.

STOP OR GO TO A HIGHER SPEED

RELEASE GAS PEDAL

REPEAT/GO TO A HIGHER SPEED

RELEASE GAS PEDAL

ONCE YOUR CAR HIT A CERTAIN SPEED, IT WILL START TO SOUND MONOTONOUS. THIS IS AN INDICATION THAT YOU NEED TO CHANGE GEARS.

APPLY CLUTCH

SLOWLY APPLY BRAKES

END

COMPLETE STOP

TURN ENGINE OFF

GOING OVER A SPEED BUMP

A

A

B

B

APPLY CLUTCH AND GO TO A PROPER RATIO OF CLUTCH/GAS PEDALLING IS REQUIRED TO PREVENT STALLING LOWER GEAR. THEN SLOWLY APPLY GAS WHEN GOING OVER THE BUMP. APPLY CLUTCH AND LET THE CAR CRUISE OVER BUMP WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES AND GAS PEDAL.

PROPER RATIO OF GAS AND CLUTCH PEDAL IS ENCOURAGED TO PREVENT STALLING