How to Never Stall a manual car again and how to recover a stall if you do.

In this video I include a practise exercise to help improve your gas and clutch skill, I explain how you can reduce anxiety and how to recover a stall. With practise you should never stall a manual car again. Well, nearly never.

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00:00 Intro
00:20 Skill improvement exercise
01:36 Clutch foot heel
02:11 Pausing on the clutch bite point
03:00 Handbrake starts
03:50 Clutch without gas
04:14 When to release the clutch fully
04:58 Drivers who lack confidence
06:07 How to reduce anxiety
07:50 What to do if you stall
09:09 Don't rush
09:40 Outro
11:05 Extra

[ambareen]

“The car behind thinks I should’ve taken that gap” 😂😂😂😂 I always think that

[hamedurrahman]

In the "Drivers who lack confidence" part he actually read the minds of learner drivers. It's exactly what we think.

[roisinbreathnach]

"It doesn't matter if people shout at you when you stall, you're probably never gonna see them again" if it's your mom swearing at you from the passenger seat after you do stall!

[joshuadavis]

I'm generally a good driver. Passed my test first try last year, and have had my license with plenty of daily driving for a year now. I'm here to say to all the learners that it's OK to stall. It's OK to lack confidence. I still lack confidence every now and then. I stall at least once a week. You get to a point where it's no longer a fear and it's actually quite funny. Keep going, you're going to get it and you're doing great so far

[hanss.]

I'm an American. I watched over a dozen American videos and was failing hard. I watched TWO British videos and it all makes sense. Keep doing what you're doing, we need it!

[kayleighbennett]

The whole “lacking confidence” and anxiety section has been me since I passed in December 😂I’m finally getting more confident though and these videos are helping so much! ☺️

[honeylozenge]

My instructor taught me to find the bite point and THEN add gas, no wonder I had no speed pulling off and stalled constantly! I passed in 2017 and didn't touch a car again until this year because I was so anxious about holding traffic up - thanks for the tips!

[faysti]

I had to rush here after stalling almost 5 times in a row at a junction.. 🤦🏽‍♀️ I panicked way too much that’s why. Due to this I then forgot the gas and kept on lifting only the clutch without gas. thanks for this

[MaddieCollins]

The chicken bawking at 9:39 had me rolling 🤣 Was not expecting that, but so glad we got it 😂

[racheltam]

The stupid thing is, I passed my test first time, but I'm still too terrified to drive! I've genuinely learned more about driving from just a handful of your videos than I did in all my lessons and year of post-test driving before I gave up on it. Wish you worked further north - you're a brilliant teacher!

[AH_]

As much as I hate to admit it, the anxiety part of the video was spot-on. I talk into bad scenarios.

[Jamesdanielfitness]

I love the humour mate, it cheers me up!!

[wonderwoman]

No one talks about the way anxiety can negatively impact your driving, thanks for the words of encouragement! :) so very useful all of your videos have been

[thetiredoldtiger]

I always tell my students, to let me deal with the drivers behind and its important they focus on what they need to do. "It takes twice as long to stall and restart than it does to pull away slowly the first time."

[cblossom]

The portrayal of the doubtful driver was the best😅. God knows I’ve felt all those things on my way out and about. Especially with my dad next to me. Thanks for all the great advice!

[balaysked]

I was struggling so bad with stalling the car. Got super frustrated and googled “I keep stalling my manual” this video came up and that little exercise helped me so much to get going without stalling. Thank you so so much

[blalala]

That anxious driver part is literally me since I got my first car three weeks ago!! My instructor taught me to first lift the clutch and then add gas (except when I need to move off quickly) and the clutch in that car (Ford Ecosport) was so “strong” I must’ve relied on it way too much. My new car (Ford Fiesta) is way easier to stall but I’m learning slowly and at least don’t stall on the flat ground anymore :D

[lenabazan]

I just dont know if you have the time to read all your viewers comments.. i personally want to thank you for sharing all your knowledge in learning how to drive..not only do i learn how to drive well..i get to appreciate your humour too..and i really laugh out loud! Thank you Richard.." GOD BLESS YOU".. from Zamboanga Philippines.

[uspstudio]

Love this channel. You have an amazing sense of teaching and getting the information across. Also, your sense of humor is wonderful. Thank you!

[myohmymads]

You make an amazing instructor because you understand anxiety and how it cripples someone making them forget that they're capable of doing the thing. You don't mock or demean someone for something that is incredibly hard to control. Thank you Richard for being such an incredibly lovely human being. I wish we had instructors like you.

I switched to a new car after getting my license in Germany and it was a painful process. Now I'm stalling in this sometimes because I don't realise that it needs more gas than the first one did.