you shouldn't need handbrakes unless your on a hill or the car is rolling really bad. the bitting point is when you start to feel the car move foward or backward depending what direction your going in. when you feel that, give it some more gas. if you hear the engine rev up really loud and fast, then that mean the clutch is not bitting enough. let off on the gas and readjust the bit by lettting the clutch out more to increase the bit pressure. then give it a tad of gas and slow let the clutch out all the way. don't just let off on the clutch in a fast motion. let the clutch go in a smooth slow motion. getting out of the 1st gear is the hardest. once you can get out of 1st gear. the rest is easy. just remember driving a manual shift car is more about the feel of the car then thinking.
"Biting" point is where, as the clutch pedal comes off the floorboard, clutch disc touches flywheel and engine begins to "lug", or transfer power to drive wheel/s. At this point, feed in some throttle and continue to release clutch
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Never get lessons of anyone in your home, father, mother sister brother, as faults will be picked and continued in home.
Get a driving instructor who doesnt shout at you when making a mistake.
This is a typical case of why you don't get your dad to teach you. Having someone shout at you when you do something wrong is not helping. Cos everyone does things wrong when they are learning. Get a professional driving instructor who knows how to teach people to drive, cos your dad does not. Sorry but thats the way it seems to be.
All the description in the world won't help you - you just have to find a quiet bit of road and keep doing it over and over again until you get the hang of it.
Then find a qualified driving instructor to teach you how to drive - NOT your Dad.
Get the car to a quiet, level carpark where you can practice without blocking traffic and getting stressed. With the engine idling and the gear shifter in neutral, do not press any pedals and release the parking brake (you'll come back to that later).
Press just the clutch and put the shifter into 1st gear, then ease slowly off the clutch until you feel the car start to pull forwards gently - THAT'S the biting point. Hold the clutch pedal right there (do not let it up any more) for a couple of seconds and don't apply any gas either. When the car is at a walking pace, you can let the clutch all the way up without jerking. Press the clutch and brake together to stop the car, put the shifter back into neutral, take a deep breath and try again, several more times. Once you've mastered this, you can try adding a bit of gas for faster starts, and later incorporating parking brake activation and release to prevent you rolling back.
Can you get some responsible licensed driver to take you out instead of your Dad?
Perhaps it would be better if you practice just stopping, and accelerating and turning in an unused open area first. This would involve downshifting and up-shifting a good bit. A large parking lot comes to mind.
Trying to negotiate a roundabout can be tough. Trying to do it when your gross motor skills are not yet in place is asking a lot.
My Dad had a hard time with this too.
He never could let me drive and just shut up even when he was in his 80's going blind and very ill.
It may help you some to know that it is very hard on him as well.
It is about relinquishing control and some people are not good at it.
Hi. I need advice, my dad took me out driving for the 3rd time ish today, but I was abit to cry and hated it. He keeps shouting when i do something wrong. I cant get the grip of clutch control, especially when leaving roundabouts!! I dont get it, I honestly dont. I know you put accelerator in a bit, then slowly let go of the cutch, find bitting point and let go off handbreak. But i cant get it, I dont get the bitting point. I put it i accelerter then i let go of clutch and think it will go but it just goes all jerky. I dont know when to let go of clutch, when to let go off handbrake. help
