5 Things You Should Never Do in a Manual Transmission Car

5 Things You Should Never Do in a Manual Transmission Car, DIY with Scotty Kilmer. Manual transmission explained, driving techniques and manual car fails. What not to do to your manual transmission if you want it to last a long time. 5 tips for driving a manual transmission car. How to drive a manual transmission car. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 50 years.

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[OktoberStorm]

I wonder what the neighbors say about having Rod Stewart across the fence shouting about transmissions

[Thatsanicesunrise]

I was watching this in bed with the volume on zero. My neighbour banged on the wall complaining about the noise

[martonszabo]

Not sure why Americans call this an emergency brake. In Europe we call it a handbrake and use it everytime we park. It's dangerous not to, that's what I've been taught at least.

[njstorozuk]

This dude is literally a mechanics worst nightmare because he saves us all so much wear and tear. Thank you for doing what you do, Scotty. You mean a lot to us

[glennso]

Don’t shift from 1st gear to reverse when you are driving at 45 mph.

[ianhowlett]

“Oh, I can hear the guy three streets away is making another video!”

[Jarv]

This guy needs to speak up, didn’t hear a word he said!!!!

[gsdfan]

In 50 years old and owned nothing but manual transmissions and have always downshifted for turns and coming to stops or just to slow down. Never had any transmission problems. Just saying.

[kirara]

Finally a "What not to do" list that isn't entirely about driving habits of the driver but also maintenance related things.

[kirkdegaust]

That garage should be cleaned out every 2, 3 ...4 years or whatever

[ChrisMan]

2.3k dislikes by those who had to chase their car down a hill.

[IntegraDIY]

I always downshift and keep it in the power band.. even if I’m just going to the grocery store on a Sunday morning..

[ryanmercer]

Emergency brake... it’s a handbrake. It’s supposed to be used when ya park.

[saunlloyd]

As Richard Hammond once said "changing gears is a form of self expression". I drive daily on the twisty B roads of Devon so changing gear constantly too match the bends is a joy especially in a playful Fiesta.

[kichigaisensei]

When parking on a hill...remember driving school. Turn the wheel toward the curb. That way if it starts to roll, it will roll into the curb and stop.

[RandomDudeOne]

I bought a manual transmission 2003 Toyota Echo new. By the time I got rid of it 12 years it had 230, 000 miles on it and still had the original clutch in it.

[fukmailife]

And remember kids, if you want to race in a manual car, go from 5/6 or whatever gear you're in into Gear R for racing.





Just kidding don't do it

[PatrickMersinger]

I only downshifted 2 gears then neutral. Never shift all the way down to first.
totally unnecessary.
You get to second or third pop it in neutral and brake.

[jeremyjohansson]

Downshifting: My grandfather used to downshift all the time to brake with the engine. After 270.000km, the gearbox works like its new and the clutch lasted 270.000km too! But he was a great driver, always engaged the clutch perfectly etc.