Hopping over to the far right (and furthest away from the driver) was the stick that shifted gears from first to second gear. The third (middle) stick took it from second into third gear.

So if you’re getting close to being able to reliably start the car in first gear from a dead stop, you’re actually 90 percent of the way to learning to drive a stick shift. Don’t you feel ...

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To reverse, you pull the component up and move the stick into the “R” gear. With the overview done, we’re prepping for the drive. First, to start the car, I have to press my foot all the way ...

I admit I’m a stick-and-clutch person who believes there ... Globe Drive writer Peter Cheney wrote that he parked his test Porsche "in first gear, which is standard practice in a manual ...

According to experts, simply resting hands on a vehicle’s gear stick could dramatically backfire and wear out key parts. The specialists warn that leaving a hand on the lever can put pressure ...

I have a 2001 Volkswagen Gol and the gearstick keeps popping up. It's spring loaded, so you have to push down to get it into reverse but when you take it out of reverse it pops up really high and you ...