How do you drive a 5 speed manual transmission?

Answer 1

With an automatic transmission there are clutches that operate automatically according to hydraulic pressure. In a manual transmission you have to use the clutch which is the middle pedal of the pedal assembly. What you do is hold in the clutch and slip in into first gear, then while giving it a little gas slowly let out the clutch. This will engage first gear and you are moving slowly. When the engine speed has gotten high enough to shift into the 2nd gear you do the same thing. Let off the gas. Push in the clutch. Shift into the next higher gear 2 and let out the clutch. You don't have to let it out slowly as you did in first gear. In first gear you do this so the engine won't stall. In the next gears 2-5 you push in the clutch, change to the next higher gear and let the clutch out.