Whether you’re new to manual transmissions or have been driving with them for years, it’s important to remember that there are ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ ways to use them. Particularly because, unlike automatics, most of the shifting process is in your hands. Knowing when to change gears (and how) while accelerating is essential, and the same goes for downshifting (i.e. changing to a lower gear as the car slows down). Downshifting can be tricky as you often need to expand
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