How do you drive a car?

How to drive a truck

When you know how to drive a car, you usually don't forget the hand movements. The vernacular says it is like bicycle drive - something the body remembers. Actually, your body and your memory just store the movements.

• You sit in your driver's seat, make sure that the gearshift is in neutral, put the ignition key in the lock and turn it. If first gear is already engaged when the vehicle is stationary (which prevents it from rolling away), first press the clutch, then turn the key and accelerate a little at the same time.
• The jumps engine on, then buckle up, press the clutch, release the handbrake if necessary (which you should always pull when in the If no gear is engaged), engage first gear, accelerate a little, carefully take your foot off the clutch and drive Come on.
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• The first gear is only intended for moving off. You should therefore quickly shift into second gear after starting off. Please note: at a certain speed (2000 to 2500 revolutions per minute) you shift into the next higher gear. If you switch up later, it will increase your fuel consumption.
• As soon as you have to brake, first step on the clutch and then on the brake at the same time. Otherwise, the engine will stop because it gets too much gasoline-air mixture - it will drown, as the saying goes.


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How to drive an automatic car

It is popularly said that if you drive with an automatic transmission, you cannot really drive a car. This is a kind of competitive thinking and is not true at all. Because: Every learner driver in Germany primarily learns to drive with a manual transmission. You can count the hours in which you drive an automatic gearshift on one hand. It can therefore happen to you that one day you have a rental car with an automatic transmission and you do not know how to drive it.

• If an automatic car is parked, it will stop circuit to "P" for "parking". The setting "R" shows you the reverse gear, the "N" stands for "neutral". You can use this "N" like idling on a switching truck - it is rarely used. "D" stands for "Drive" - ​​driving. Some vehicles have other letters such as "W" for winter operation, "E" for economic - particularly economical driving and "S" for sports drive with higher fuel consumption.
• It is important that an automatic car only has two foot pedals. The normal gas pedal is on the right and a wide pedal next to it is used for both Brakes as well as switching.
• So you sit in the car, put the key in the lock and turn it around. The engine starts. You buckle up, step on the brake pedal, set the automatic gearbox to "D", release the handbrake and, if necessary, turn on the lights. As soon as you release your foot from the brake / clutch, the car will roll away. Hit the gas and drive off. All you have to do is accelerate and brake if necessary, and the automatic transmission will do the rest.
• As soon as you want to park, step on the brake / clutch, move the gear lever to "P", apply the handbrake to be on the safe side and switch off the engine.

How the car drives 

Your car is a machine. It is therefore important that you not only know how to drive a car, but also have a general understanding of how the vehicle works.

• A machine needs energy to drive it. Most household appliances run on electricity. This is what electric cars do nowadays (as of 2014). Most cars, however, run on petrol or liquefied gas. You must therefore refuel your vehicle regularly.
• You operate this machine. They turn you on as soon as you turn the ignition key. In simple terms, the following happens in the engine: The battery is activated and generates a surge of electricity that produces a spark. This causes the gasoline or gas to burn inside the engine.
• In order for this combustion to work throughout the journey, the engine needs oxygen - just like your fireplace or a candle. The remains of the burn are over the Exhaust ejected in the form of exhaust gases. The required air is automatically drawn in by the engine, the resulting gasoline-air mixture drives it - but your car is not yet driving.
• At the same time, the engine generates heat. You can take advantage of this by turning on the heating in the interior. But since you only draw off a little heat, the motor needs cooling. That is why there is a cooling system that works with the help of the air sucked in by the radiator, is partly supported by the airflow and also works with the coolant.
• So that you can drive the car and control it at different speeds, it needs a drive. This works on the amount of gasoline. You control the amount of gasoline that is made available for combustion by more or less stepping on the accelerator - or finally applying the brakes. How the power transmission works is a little more complicated - and that would be beyond the length of this article.
• It is important that you understand the transmission with the gears. Correct shifting at the optimal point in time is important for the engine - and can protect it. Incorrect switching will put a strain on it and damage it in the long term. The speed and the individual gears change the turns that the machine makes inside. As soon as you accelerate a lot, the engine runs at full speed. If you shift with the correct torque, all processes will work optimally. If you turn it too high in the gears, the cooling system will soon fail and the engine will overheat. The result: the engine starts to smoke, at some point even catches fire and you can no longer drive.
• You should therefore pay attention to the temperature displays for engine oil and cooling on the dashboard and check regularly, especially before long journeys, whether your car still has enough oil.

Always have a good trip!