Sunday, August 7, 2011

Downshifting

Now that you can get the car moving, it's time to teach you how to slow it down.  The great thing about a manual car is that you can use the transmission along with the brake to slow your car down faster.  Downshifting should only be done if your rpms drop below 2,000 or if your cruising and need extra power to pass someone.  Downshifting is especially useful when going down a hill as the transmission battles the engine, forcing it to slow down.  When downshifting you can use two methods.  In the first  method you blip the throttle to raise the rpms by 1000 then downshift.  This results in a smooth downshift as the lower the gear the higher the rpm so essentially you get the car ready for the lower gear.  In the second method you simply brake until the rpms drop low enough then downshift.  This is used mainly in everyday driving traffic situations.  There you go, you can now downshift

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Dream car

I would like to know, what is your dream car? Leave a comment below