Help with Driving Stick Shift in the freeway and traffic.?

How do drive manual in the traffic. I live southern California and theres traffic from 4pm to 7pm most of the time.

I new at driving stick shift and I'm ok in driving in the streets but not in traffic.



what do you guys do when changing lanes in traffic and what gear are you mostly on.Help with Driving Stick Shift in the freeway and traffic.?
Yup, just love that 91 freeway... try to find the gear that you can just idle along in.. (probably 1st or 2nd) and run as much as you can at around 1500 rpm when traffic is slow.. do your best to not stop completely unless you have no choice. If traffic sits still for an extended time .. put it in neutral with the clutch out.. this will save wear on the throw out bearing.. I even lock the car in 2nd gear on my other car that has an automatic when creeping... good luck..Help with Driving Stick Shift in the freeway and traffic.?
That depends on the speed, if your going slow put the car in the gear that dose not lug the engine, it will take a little practice but you will get it, Good Luck and GOD Bless
I know the feeling. I usually would use the lower gears until I knew that I had enough space and knew that traffic was speeding up and shift into a higher gear. What do you mean what to do while changing lanes? you can shift while changing lanes. You may want to shift prior to changing lanes since you are getting use to shifting. I usually used 3 or 4 gear. I lived down there so I understand.
i own a repair shop and truthfully you need to take a few lessons from someone who is really good at driving a standard shift car,if your not that experienced with one,and something happens and you have to stop really fast you could get hurt as well as cause someone else to get hurt,I'm just telling you strait out,you need to have some experience,and feel very comfortable driving one of these,I'm sure you have a friend who could give you few good lessons on this,it would be a lot better than getting in,or maybe causing an accident,good luck with it hope this helps.
Number one rule for new stick driver:

Do not change gears on turns, curves or while changing lanes.

Always change gears before or after.

Once u reach highway speed u usually do not change the gear since u will be on high gear. U may need to dawn shift if u need to accelerate fast, but that occurs very seldom, and do not dawn shift more than 1 gear at the time, u may blow ur transmission.

Practise some more on relatively empty city streets, and do not go on the highway at rush hour until u fill confident.

The best way to learn is to have an experienced driver show u how, and then drive with him or her so he can point out what u r doing right and wrong.

Good Luck
The 2 hardest procedures when driving a manual transmission are...driving in stop %26amp; go traffic and starting from a full stop while on a hill on incline.



In heavy traffic I usually use 2nd or 3rd depending on traffic and speed... never 1st...it's gear ratio is too low and car will lunge.



Don't ';ride the clutch';...driving with your foot on pedal with it 1/2 depressed. This will cause costly premature clutch replacement.