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Ill be able to take my test in 2 years but does anyone know a place on the internet that gives info like what gears you should use for which speed and a simulation perhaps?
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
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Working in advance eh!?
I wanna drive really badly though.
Theres a story about driving but ill tell another time
it's all a matter of practice.
i always thought i would be an appalling driver, but i'm ok...
Not that that helps you at all. Ho hum.
For example, my instructor (BSM) says I need to be in 2nd gear at a roundabout, unless I'm stopping where I need to be in 1st.
General stuff:
* Pull away in 1st
* Try to keep your revs between 1 and 3. If it goes above, up a gear, and if it oes below, down one.
You'll figure it out at the time
You have to be able to sense the reactions of the car when the clutch bites and the revs are at the appropriate level to change gear (not all cars have revvometers). Also, much of learning to drive is literally that - learning how to physically drive the car ( clutch control is an utter slag :mad: )
There are pleanty of books out there if you want to start but bear in mind it is better to have your lessons as close together as possible. I've only been out four times now, but I can already do a 3 point turn as I have been out four days running and feel more in control of the car.
Once you have natural instinctive control of the car, you can think more about the hazards and things going on around you.
in my car, you KNOW if you're in the wrong gear, and in time you learn exactly what you can and can't do in each gear. newer cars are a lot quieter, so you have to rely more on knowledge than what the car's actually doing.
and different cars have different gears. like my car only has 4 gears, so you can go a lot faster in each gear. i can do 40 quite happily in 3rd in my car, whereas in a 5 gear car it would be better off in 4th.
you will learn.
There is no one specific right gear for any given speed. Realistically, it depends on the situation at the time, and other things such as the weather condition, type of road, incline, and such.
For example, you will under most circumstances start the car and move away in first gear, but, say if it was snowy or you were pointed down on a steep hill, you might want to move off in second or third, depending on your car and the type of engine.
All of this will come from experience though, it's not something you need to bother yourself about right now. Better would be to concentrate on picking out possible hazards and thinking what you might do to avoid them if you were driving the car. Next time you are on the motorway with someone else see if you can look a few hundred yards down the road and anticipate what the other drivers might do next and what you would have to do in order to avoid them.
good luck to you when it comes around!