When training at a driving school, the future driver will be introduced to a variety of techniques, maneuvers and help to acquire all the necessary skills. Including, you can learn how to get under way up the hill. This is one of the more difficult maneuvers - especially if your vehicle equipped with mechanical box gear. This also means that climbing a hill with a manual transmission is included in the exam for driver's license.
Most often, climbing a hill in a car with a manual transmission scares newcomers behind the wheel - how to drive up a steep hill and not roll back? Experienced motorists, in whom all actions are brought to automatism, just shrug their shoulders: experience and only experience will help you overcome any hill on your way. Whether the case automatic transmission, which forgives novice drivers for many mistakes. So, from theory to practice. How to start up the hill while driving a car with mechanics? There are only a few effective ways, about them below.
Algorithm for entering the hill
The main thing that is required of the driver is to learn how to play the pedals skillfully and to strike a balance between pressing the gas and clutch pedals. If you are a novice driver, then before conquering the hills, it is recommended to practice a little on a regular flat road as follows:☛
start the engine;
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smoothly press the gas pedal and keep the engine speed at 1500-2500;
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then release the clutch as well and slowly add throttle.
During this simple exercise, make sure that the engine speed does not drop. To do this, be guided by the tachometer (seasoned drivers determine the number of revolutions by ear). After you learn how to confidently get under way on a flat surface, you can proceed directly to the movement on the hills. What is the point of such training? Thanks to her, you will learn how to control the engine speed, which in real conditions will allow you to start climbing without rolling back.
How to climb a hill without using the handbrake?
Moving up a hill without a parking brake is a slightly more difficult task... but experienced drivers when driving uphill, the handbrake is not used, which means that there is nothing supernatural here. But nevertheless, it is worth doing this only if you have already accumulated at least minimal experience of driving your car, and you know what to expect from it. Here, the training method is somewhat different.
First of all, you need to find some kind of elevation (hill, overpass, and so on). Drive uphill and stop the car, hold it with the brake pedal. The vehicle must be in gear. Now, in a quick motion, move your right foot from the brake pedal to the gas pedal and crank the engine to about 3000 rpm. Following this, smoothly release the clutch pedal - and the car crawls uphill! So, do not be afraid of ups - you just need to learn how to overcome them correctly.
How to get under way?
The most difficult moment when learning to drive a car is the problem of a smooth start, and often - and start in general. Moreover, it is given with great difficulty not only to women, but also to men. How to get under way? To do this, you need to deal with several things, like the gas pedal, the brake, the clutch that needs to be squeezed out, and besides, all this needs to be done at the same time. This is even difficult to remember at first, and not what to start doing automatically, following a certain algorithm. But the rules and recommendations given in our article will help you with this.
How to learn to get under way
At first glance, this, of course, is not easy, but, as practice shows, it is quite achievable, and the main thing here is understanding the meaning and principles of all the manipulations that you will perform at the start. The most important thing is to feel the car, I would even say, to feel it. Learning to work well with your arms and legs is also important, but it is the feeling of unity with the machine that will help you start your movement smoothly and without any jerks. To begin with, let's learn the basic principles and get acquainted with the systems that are responsible for starting. First is the transmission. Simply put, a transmission is a set of certain mechanisms that, come into motion, transfer torque from the motor to the wheels of the car. Also, the transmission is directly connected with the possibility of changing the direction of movement, as well as speed. Most often, when they say "gearbox" they mean the transmission.
Transmission types
The transmission is divided into automatic transmission and manual transmission. Automatic transmission is an automatic gearbox, manual transmission is, respectively, mechanical. In the automatic transmission, the main role is played by the torque converter, and in the manual transmission, the clutch. The difference is that the torque converter works on its own without any driver input. Shifting gears changes the gear ratio, which affects vehicle speed. This is due to the gear block in the manual transmission or the planetary gear in the automatic transmission. The gear shift itself with automatic transmission is carried out using clutches and brake band and clutches. Well, the classic manual transmission is two serrated wheels and the difference between them corresponding to the transmission level. This level is either high or low, or neutral. Well, and the transmission control with automatic transmission is carried out electronic system... With manual transmission, the management of the process depends directly on you. However, if you learn how to move smoothly on the mechanics, you will not have problems with the machine. And first of all, we will explain the principle of a smooth start on the manual transmission.
How to smoothly get under way on the mechanics
Well, now it's time to get into the driver's seat and try to get under way. First, make sure that you have enough space to start and that your car has mechanical transmission, since we will begin training on it. The starting position for starting is neutral and also tightened hand brake... Now, point by point.
- Turn the ignition key and start the engine.
- Place your right foot on the brake pedal and start to depress the clutch with your left foot.
- Switch to 1st speed, now release the handbrake - "handbrake" and switch from thinking and calculating to the language of sensations, because then they will be important, and analytics will not help us at all here, and even vice versa - it will interfere with concentrating and performing a normal start ...
- Begin to release the clutch pedal very slowly and gradually. Here the main goal: to catch, realize, feel, feel the moment of actuation or, as they say, the clutch engagement. This process can be visually controlled by the tachometer on dashboard, the arrow of the device will tremble at this moment.
- So, having caught this moment, transfer your foot from one pedal to another, that is, from the brake to the gas and gradually add speed, and keep the clutch at the moment of grasping. Gradually add throttle until the car starts to move slightly, and then gradually release the clutch. At this point, you can even add gas.
If everything is done correctly, then you will get real pleasure and joy from the fact that you finally managed to make a good start. If you make a mistake somewhere, then you will definitely feel something, for example, a jerk when the clutch is released sharply, or the roar of the engine, if you pressed the gas pedal early and hard. In addition, the car can simply stall if you release the clutch at low engine speeds, which leads to too little pressure on the gas pedal. The main thing is to remember well the order of movements, because this method is a classic of starting a car from a place and almost all experts advise doing this. Well, now let's move on to how to properly get under way on the machine.
Start with automatic transmission
In an automatic gearbox, we see something completely different. To begin with the designation of the main positions of the selector lever:
- P stands for parking mode;
- R is the reverse mode;
- N is the neutral position of the lever;
- D stands for driving mode.
Well, now, as they say, get up to the starting position, or rather, sit down. Your right foot should be on the brake pedal and parking brake must be turned on - just like on the manual transmission. Now move the selector lever from position P or R to position D, release the parking brake and release the brake pedal. That's all - you go. Well, what do you want - it's a machine gun. Laziness - the engine you know what, and in cars, too, everything is subject to convenience. But you know - not a single, even the smartest automatic transmission can compare with the most primitive mechanics in the art of gear selection at a particular moment - for example, when driving uphill or downhill. In urban conditions - maybe, but not outside the city, where control with the help of manual transmission will be carried out much more accurately - with experience, of course. And one more piece of advice before starting off. The advice is very simple: before you start, remember - have you learned how to stop a car? If you are not sure of something, or if something is not working out for you, it is best to safely stop the car and analyze the situation.
Start check method
Many will probably want to check how smoothly they depress the gas and clutch pedals. And in general it is very useful for beginners. An example would be to use a plastic cup filled with water. You can judge how smoothly you can squeeze the pedals by the level of water that remains in the glass after your exercises. Well, of course, the video at the top of the article will help you on how to get under way.
Every car journey begins with starting off. Moreover, when traveling around the city, you have to stop and start moving more than once. How to get under way on mechanics is not an idle question, and that is why training cars are equipped with duplicate clutch and brake pedals. In addition, on training vehicles, the idle speed, to facilitate starting movement.
However, after such training, many who got into their cars find that they have not learned how to get under way. They abruptly released the clutch pedal, or they did not add gas and the engine stalled, or the car started moving with feverish shudders and jerks.
Simple exercises will help to master the beginnings of movement on mechanics. First of all, you need to catch the moment of engaging the clutch, which occurs in the middle of the pedal travel, and feel the reaction of the engine.
To do this, it is enough, with the first gear engaged and holding the car with the brake, slowly release the clutch pedal and listen to the engine. At the initial moment of engaging the clutch, the disc transmitting rotational movement from the flywheel to input shaft gearbox starts to "slip". At the same time, turnover falls idle move... The second exercise is mastering the movement of the feet, on the clutch and accelerator pedals, in antiphase.
Depending on the road conditions you have to start moving on a flat road, uphill and downhill. Each of these situations has its own nuances of starting a car.
How to get under way on the mechanics when driving on a flat road? Although the road is flat, it will not be superfluous to fix the car with a working brake. Depress the clutch pedal and engage first gear. Smoothly engage the clutch, listen to the engine speed, move your right foot from the brake to the accelerator pedal to add gas, and off we go.
The beginning of the movement on the rise is a little more difficult and the process is further complicated by the fact that there are three pedals, but there are only two legs. The situation is real, even if you never voluntarily stop up the hill. Here we "caught up with the traffic jam" on the rise and were forced to stop. At the same time, the passing participants in the movement prop up from behind. The slightest mistake when starting to move from a place can lead to a rollback and, albeit a minor one, but still to an accident.
To avoid unpleasant adventures, first of all, you need to put the car on the hand brake. To start moving, depress the clutch pedal, engage first gear and gently release the clutch pedal, listen to the engine speed. When they are lowered, add gas and with your right hand lower the handbrake lever. This is, of course, a classic.
How to get under way on the mechanics, if there is no parking brake, or you just don't want to pull it? Experienced drivers, when stopping for a short time on an uphill, often neglect the handbrake and hold the car with the service brake. After engaging the gear, they quickly move their foot from the brake pedal to the accelerator pedal and start moving with a little more gas.
There is one more, albeit a "barbaric" method, but it has the "right to life." When driving uphill in first gear and a forced short stop, the car is held by partial disengagement of the clutch. In this case, the adhesion of the flywheel to the disc is sufficient only to keep the vehicle on the rise. But, not enough to transmit rotary motion to the gearbox. The technique is "barbaric", because it increases the wear of the clutch disc.
How to properly move downhill on the mechanics? Of course, you can do it the same way as on a flat road or uphill. But the slope of the road helps the beginning of the movement on the descent and it is a "sin" not to take advantage of this factor. So, after releasing the brake, wait for the coasting acceleration to 20-30 km / h and boldly turn on the second or even third gear at once.
Yes, it is important in all three situations to start the engine and warm it up!
In foreign countries, prevail cars with an automatic transmission, and there the skills of driving cars on manual gearboxes are practically lost. But in Russia, there are still a lot of people who want to learn how to drive a car on a manual transmission, because cars are mechanically:
- have a lower cost;
- more powerful compared to cars with automatic transmission.
In addition, many drivers prefer to drive a mechanic, because this transmission allows you to better feel the car and respond faster to different situations on the road. Also, the driver himself can adjust the fuel consumption. Well, and one more important reason to learn how to drive mechanics - only from driving a car on a manual gearbox you can feel a real drive.
In the event of a breakdown, repairing a manual gearbox will cost less than repairing an automation.
What are the features of driving a car with a manual gearbox
The skills of correct gear shifting when using a car with automatic transmission should be developed to automatism. They will be helped to get professional driving lessons on mechanics for beginners.
Machines with manual gearboxes do not have sophisticated electronics that equalize the speed of rotation of the gears on the shaft, but there is a clutch pedal. It disengages the transmission so that the driver can put the gear lever in the desired position and change the speed.
Most cars have 4-5 speeds and reverse gear. Consider why they are needed.
- "Neutralka" This is the position of the switch where no torque is transmitted to the wheels. In this position, the car cannot start moving even if the accelerator pedal is pressed.
- First. It is designed so that the car can move from a place. At this speed, you can accelerate to 20 km per hour. It is included when entering turns, climbing a steep hill, when performing maneuvers in a small space. Fuel consumption at this speed is maximum.
- The second is transitional. It is included when descending a hill, maneuvering in traffic jams on the road. It is also transitional to other high-speed transmissions.
- Third, fourth and fifth gears allow the vehicle to accelerate to the desired speed on the road.
- Rear - needed for turns and parking. You need to turn it on carefully, because the car with the reverse engaged will accelerate faster than in first gear.
How to learn to drive mechanics from scratch. Where to start learning
In order to drive well with a manual gearbox, the location of the speeds must be remembered with your eyes closed. On the road, you will have no time to peep at the gearshift lever. A self-driving car manual will give you good hints, but without hands-on practice it will be difficult to consolidate the skills. We will also show you where to start your practice.
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Do not worry if at first you have to mentally imagine the gearbox in order to shift the lever without looking. In a couple of months, the skills will be consolidated, and you will be able to do it automatically.
Driving for beginners is a little difficult, so keep your distance on the road and don't exceed 60 km / h.
Another question that interests those who want to learn how to drive a car with a manual gearbox: "When to change one gear to another?"
To know exactly when to put the lever on more low speed, or higher, you need to listen to the engine speed. When you hear rapid revs, switch to high speed... If the revs are low and the car does not accelerate when pressing on the gas, you need to put the lever in a lower gear.
If you have a tachometer on the dashboard, then you can focus on its indicators. You can switch the gear up when the engine speed becomes 3000 per minute.
When the speed increases by 20 km / h, you need to use new gear... But this rule does not apply to all vehicles. If the car powerful motor, then an increase in gear can occur with an increase in speed of 30 km / h.
Riding a mechanic properly is a little difficult at first, but then you can do it easily and freely. We hope you will find our mechanic driving lessons useful. Also, do not forget to learn the rules of the road.
Driving lessons for beginners on mechanics
Lesson 1. Start driving - how to get under way on a car with a manual gearbox
Step-by-step instructions on how to start driving on mechanics looks like this:
- Before turning the key, press the clutch pedal all the way down and shift the gear lever to "neutral". Just do not start the engine at the included speed so that the car does not start moving unexpectedly and an accident occurs.
- Turn the key and hold the clutch down for a couple of minutes. This must be done to power unit warmed up.
- With the clutch depressed, place the switch in first gear. Release the clutch pedal gently until you hear the engine speed start to decrease. From now on, also gently press the gas pedal to set the car in motion. A manual transmission vehicle may jerk when the clutch is released too quickly. If you do not press the gas pedal in time, the engine will stall.
- If you did everything correctly, then the car started moving. When the car accelerates to 15 km / h, depress the clutch and shift into second gear.
Important: So that when gears are engaged, there is no grinding or crunching sound, which means that there is friction of the gears, be sure to squeeze the clutch all the way. Driving always begins with the clutch depressed.
Lesson 2. Driving theory - how to brake correctly on a car with a manual transmission
In the section "Riding mechanics for dummies" you can find the following advice: if the situation requires an urgent stop, you can press the brake pedal with your right foot, then when the speed drops to 10 km / h and the car starts to shake, you need to depress the clutch pedal and switch to "Neutral". The Beginner's Self-Driving Tutorial states that when your driving skills are automatic, you will apply the brake when the clutch is depressed and the speed is neutral.
There is another method of braking for a manual transmission, which drivers call “downshift”. This method allows the vehicle to stop smoothly.
To do this, you need to do the following manipulations:
- Start slowing down when the vehicle is driving 70 km / h.
- Squeeze the clutch and shift the gear lever to third gear.
- When the speed drops to 20 km / h, depress the clutch and shift into 2nd gear.
At second speed, stop by gently applying the brake while squeezing the clutch. Do not include the first gear as a downshift.
By visiting the circuit, you can try both methods in practice.
Lesson 3. At what speed to switch gears correctly when driving - detailed instructions
Each gear is designed for a specific travel speed, given by the engine speed.
Approximate speed limits for each transmission are presented in the table
| Broadcast | Minimum speed, km / h | Maximum, km / h |
| The first | 0 | 40 |
| The second | 10 | 60 |
| Third | 30 | 90 |
| Fourth | 50 | swing |
To accelerate the car to a certain speed, you need to change gears on the mechanics on an ascending basis.
Let's consider step by step how to accelerate a car to 60 km / h. it is assumed that the car will gain this value in fourth gear.
- Start driving in 1st gear and accelerate to 20 km / h.
- Shift the lever to 2nd gear and accelerate to 40 km / h.
- Switch to third, and gain 60 km / h.
- Shift into 4th gear.
This is how you ensure in every mode correct work engine. Its revolutions at each stage will be approximately in the same range. Driving properly can save fuel.
Lesson 4. Parking rules for cars with manual transmission. Brief instruction
- Stop the engine.
- Press the clutch all the way and put the lever in first gear. This will prevent your vehicle from rolling. Just do not forget to put the lever on "neutral" before starting the engine.
- Apply the parking brake (handbrake).
You can quickly learn to drive mechanically if you practice your driving skills daily.
Lesson 5. Rules for using the handbrake in a situation with climbing a hill on an autodrome
On a steep incline in the road, it is difficult for beginners to keep the car from rolling backwards at the start of a journey. In this situation, you need to act like this:
- Turn on the handbrake and put the manual gearbox lever in "neutral".
- Press the clutch, engage first gear, and place your palm on the parking brake lever.
- Release the clutch smoothly and when the engine speed starts to decrease, remove the car from the parking brake and press the gas.
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If you release the handbrake ahead of time, the car will roll back. In this situation, remember to smoothly release the clutch and add throttle. The machine will first stop and move forward.
The moment the car starts at a traffic light is by far the scariest moment for a novice driver. Many novice drivers will not be able to start without jerking right away, or stall a couple of three times at the start. To learn how to properly get under way on a car with a manual transmission, you just need to understand a few simple rules and practice for a while.
Learning to properly get under way on the manual transmission.
The problem for novice drivers is that instructors in driving schools teach to start only on the clutch, without the accelerator. In fact, this method becomes useless in large cities, with a large flow of cars.
Suppose that the car is on the handbrake, with the engine running, the gearbox lever is in neutral position, however, every time, before starting the car engine, you need to check the position of the gearbox lever. Otherwise, when you turn the ignition key, you can drive into an obstacle that is in front of the car, be it a car, tree, post or fence. After the engine is warmed up, you can start driving. To do this, you need to press the clutch pedal with your left foot until it stops, with your right hand engage the first gear and remove the car from the hand brake, after which you need to start smoothly and without jerks to release the clutch pedal until the “moment of engagement” of the clutch, at this moment you need to “add gas” by pressing the gas pedal up to 1500-2000 rpm in this position, you need to hold the pedal for a few seconds and only after that you need to continue to release the pedal.
It is very important to follow the tachometer needle, because it is not always possible to determine the operation of the engine by ear. even if you lightly press the gas pedal, the car will move. 2-3 meters must be driven on "semi-clutch", that is, without fully releasing the clutch pedal. After that, you must completely release the clutch pedal, and press the gas pedal to switch to second gear.
We move up the hill with a handbrake
On a flat road, you can practice for a long time and work out the starting moment safely. But when starting up a hill, you need to be extremely careful, since there is a risk of the car rolling back. Novice drivers keep the car on the slope using the brake pedal. And when the green light of the light turns on and you need to get under way, novice drivers get nervous, hope that they will have time and move their foot from the brake pedal to the gas pedal, as a result of which the car stalls and rolls back. When stopping on a slope, apply the handbrake. You need to get under way in the same way as on a flat road and release the handbrake at the moment of "half-clutch" to understand that you need to release the handbrake is not difficult, the car will start moving forward and the back of the car will "sit down" slightly.
After several trainings and the gained practical experience, you will understand and feel that very moment - "half-grip". it is at this moment that the car must be removed from the handbrake, when the gas pedal is partially pressed, and the clutch pedal is partially released, and only after driving a few meters can the clutch pedal be fully released.
Of course, when driving up a hill, the hand brake is not the main thing. But if the climb is steep, then even the most experienced drivers use the hand brake. Well, if the slope is small, then you can use another method, "catching" the car with the clutch. The essence of this method is to keep the car on the brake and release the clutch pedal until the moment of "grabbing", then quickly remove your foot from the brake pedal and add gas so that the car does not stall. When starting off, it is impossible to "gas" strongly to raise the engine speed over 2500 rpm, so as not to burn the clutch.
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