How To NEVER STALL A Car & The Best Way To React To Stalling 

Bought your driving course the other day, so helpful

Stalling at a 4 way intersection builds character

if you stall, don’t bother restarting your engine get out and apologise to each person as traffic goes by.

This is how i react when i stall : "why are we still here....just to suffer?"

I had a learner on a driving lesson stall Infront of me repeatedly at lights on an incline, I left them plenty of roll back space and honestly I didn't care one bit that they held me up and we missed the green light, not everyone behind you is an arsehole most decent people will wait and understand so don't panic about what the person behind you is thinking 💕 love to all the learners!

There is NO best way to react to stalling... it’s pure shame and dignity being stepped on

Step 1: Stamp on accelerator until engine's redlining Step 2: Slowly lift foot off clutch Step 3: Congratulations, you're on the move

There's 3 of us learners right next to one another on a 3 lane one way road then suddenly the traffic light bastard went red so ho and behold all 3 of us stalled the car, literally felt like a drag race tryna get the car up and running while all of us have the same look on our faces.

I stalled 4 times on the same red light and was stuck there until i calmed down and controlled the clutch and got it down

I use to drive an auto and I'd sometimes get angry at people just sitting in a lane not moving, oblivious to them most likely being a struggling stick driver. I now have full empathy and condolences to all fellow stick users

I know he won’t see this comment but having the second camera angle on his feet is SO helpful definitely earned a new subscriber

The releasing of the clutch to quickly is me

when you stall at a junction and then everyone gives way to you and you still stall three more times after😂😂the pressure of them letting you go

my instructor taught me in a diesel, always made me set off with clutch alone, I knew that petrol cars required more finesse. he obviously wanted to save time not teaching me coordination. I got my own car 3 months deep into lessons and it was a 1.6 petrol focus and it really helped me get some skill and control. it made lessons easier and when my test came around I was able to apply the techniques I learned in my own car and with my instructor. I'm glad I passed like a week before my test I messed up at a ridiculously steep hill junction and my instructor came in and took the clutch off me but he didn't give enough bite, and I ended up burning the clutch to get out of the junction. he made out as if it was me who should get the clutch up higher, which was impossible as I took my foot completely off the pedal as I felt him take it. he had no confidence in me doing my test early, soon proved him wrong getting a first-time pass with 0 minors, suck it mark.

I once saw a learner stall 5 times in a row. She stalled when parallel parking on an incline but the examiner was okay with it. She went "sorry sorry sorry" and started the car in second gear when she slowed down and hadn't downshifted or put it in neutral. Naturally enough the car stalled, again, and again, and again. He said "We're done." and she broke down in tears. That was brutal to watch, wanted to yell to put it in neutral but I thought it was best not to.

2:55 imagine someone from the outside looking at the car just going up and down a little on the road

Me when the car stalls :- Oh no now that person on the road knows am learning

*Who here is actually a learner and not passed yet?*

the way he says 'yeh' after every sentence lol

You speak so softly, I feel like you never shout and you're probably very encouraging to the learners

Been driving for like 6 months and when I bought my first car I struggled moving off. I was taught to only use the clutch to move off and not using the gas until my foot is off the clutch. Setting the revs and using the clutch really helped me drive efficiently.

stalling is one of the most heart racing moment that i felt like it'll be the end of me hahaha, thanks for the video, i found this very helpful

Thanks for the tip about not having to stop the car after stalling while moving. I am inexperienced, a learner driver, and I had this happen to me the other day. I had a cyclist in front, and wanted to overtake, but realised a roundabout was coming up, so changed my mind. I'm in 4th gear, and broke to keep a safe distance from the cyclist, but forgot to change down. So I stalled the car (in 4th), but stayed in control of the car and immediately put it into 1st, restarted the car and continued on into the roundabout (the traffic behind wouldn't have even known I'd stalled). I was impressed with my control and calmness in the situation, but then started doubting whether I had done the right thing, and what a driving examiner would have thought of what I did. This video has made me realise I probably did it right. And great videos, great channel, thank you!

Thank you so much! I recently bought my first car after passing my test last year. Drove it for the first time yesterday and stalled like 563479 times lol. It was really frustrating but now that I've seen this, I realised I just need to give it a bit of gas and practice my clutch control. Great timing Pin 👍

Almost 2 months later after purchasing my first manual car and I'm really getting the hang of it. I still struggle with over-revving the engine when I move after a red light. I know it's my foot sitting on the clutch longer than I'd like but I'm really getting some balance. Finally took it to work which is a 30 mile drive one way and experience stop and go traffic constantly. This is awesome, you guys got this!

Small tips: 1. When you change gear to first, and you holding leg on clutch, car will change sound from lower pitch to higher and when you feel you are going forward, just freeze leg. I suppose thats left leg or you are alien with more legs. And when you start to move, gently pull out leg from pedal and hold a little bit acceleration. Thats to prevent stalling. 2. But if you are at some hill, you gotta change gear to first first, and then hold gass around 1500 RPM and freeze, and gently go from clutch pedal.

I passed my driving test back in Sep 2019 where I drove an A class 180D which was my instructors car and i never use to stall and when I did i couldn't even tell if I stalled or not as there was no jumping effect all that happened was the engine turned off and all i had to do was put my clutch in and the engine started no turning the key business. but anyhow 2 weeks ago I brought my first car from dealer a 1 liter petrol VW POLO and honestly all I do is stall especially at traffic light. Honestly Pin this video is really helped me alot and all your other videos. Keep up the good work. Honestly you are helping people out alot especially those who have passed their driving test.

Thank you so much for the “first gas, then clutch” tip!! I’ve been driving for a year now and I still have liiiitle problems with moving off. I took lessons on a diesel car and the family car is on petrol and it was kinda hard to me to make the switch. I stalled the car a couple of times and I’m still having little issues when it’s traffic (I kinda get nervous a little bit, I don’t wanna bother the other drivers if I’m moving off to slowly), especially because I did exactly what you mentioned in the video, first clutch, then gas. I’ll definitely try the “first gas then clutch” method, I hope it will save me and make me less nervous 😁😁❤️

All my driving instructors have said the car moves forward only clutch-release, no throttle required, and the car in which i practiced before a driving test(with an instructor) used to move forward with only clutch release. But the car which we own requires a gas to move forward, and clutch release simply stalls the car. Only you were the one to acknowledge this fact, thank you. Great tutorial.

I passed back in november last year, didn't pay for any lessons just watched Pin's videos and put the advice into practice with my dad supervising me, passed 1st attempt with 2 minors :)

I see we were all taught by sneaky instructors with nice Diesel cars.

I was taught to put the car in neutral, and pull the handbrake after a stall, but the 2 times I stalled in my own car, I just put the clutch and brake down before turning the engine off and on again. As long as I don't roll back, there isn't a reason to panic because it won't help.

Are u suspecting me? I did that just today and here the video on how to prevent from it. Man, thank u.

I would say Pin Binning, everything you say about clutch control that some instructors or even family members teach learners in the wrong method could be the reason to some of the top 10 reasons that lead to learners failing tests.

Very useful, I always feared stalling the car when you really aren't supposed to, and watching this video made my feel a bit more confident about it.

This helped me a lot, I stalled so many times today my check engine light came on with only 60 miles on the dash (Nissan issues). After walking back inside ashamed, I watched 5 minutes of this video and ended up driving 20 minutes straight with total confidence. It was simply a combination of me letting the clutch off too fast and not giving enough gas. Once I let off the clutch slowly, I realized where the bite point was and where to give it gas. Thank you kind sir, my clutch thanks you as well.

"gas pedal WHILE you bring the clutch up, not AFTER" THANKS!!!! This has been the thing I couldn't wrap my head around for so long. I've been made so terrified of "ruining the clutch" that I kept making this mistake. I've had so much control after this little tip. THANK YOU

I'm crying for your clutch

thanks for this pin. i started stalling later into my lessons because there were points that were just too overwhelming for little old me lol. stalling just added to the pressure, but i also found that focusing on recovering helped to clear my head up because i was thinking about just one thing. i once stopped and started in third gear diesel without stalling - god bless...something took pity on me that day. i feel a lot more comfortable recovering from stalling thanks to your video. youre the best pin.

Got my test coming up: I know I can do it its just the nerves. Your videos are always helpful so will always recommend a friend to look at your channel. :)

I have my driving license since 2 years now, and when i was getting ready to start learning i was terrified and always thought that it is very hard to drive a manual car. It took my 3 days to learn everything Perfectly. Just find a save place to practice and PRACTICE after you have practiced for 1 hour your pretty much ready to roll.

Hi Pin, I passed my Dutch drivingtest earlier this week and I drive my husband's car. It is so different than my learner vehicle because of the clutch. I stall at every stop. This video helped me so much and I'm getting better at it. So a big thanks to you and love from the Netherlands!

Even tho i passed my driving test, still i watch ur videos, they are amazing keep up

0:01 Pin would have not been making weird noises if he had focused more on studying the *Ultimate driving course*

I’ve only driven manual about 3-4 times in the past, and I’ve recently picked up a project car that has a manual transmission, getting more comfortable with it and boy is it fun to drive

I watched many videos but this video actually helped me not stall at the light or stop sign. I was stalling so much I wanted to give the car back to Carvana! I was so frustrated because I had everything else down ( gear shifting & down shifting) I practiced clutch control after watching video and I have NOT stalled at a light or stop sign since!! Now a shopping center parking lot was a different story but I need to remember to be in first gear so I won’t stall the car. I have owned my manual transmission for 27 days now. 44 years old and never drove a manual in my life until now. I wanted to learn and purchasing a manual would force me to learn. It’s definitely all about muscle memory. Thank You again for this video

This is really helpful. As an American we don't get drivers ed help for manual transmissions. I would have loved better instructions with training. Instead I just get told "Easy on the gas, gentle on the clutch" and I'm expected to master stick in a week.

Honestly crazy first time learning on a manual as I’m from Canada where I’ve driven an automatic all my life and it’s bloody crazy re-training my mind

This video would've cleared many of my confusions about the clutch a few years ago

I passed in January but this is helpful since I’m getting a car once garages open

Could you make a video going over the Show me/Tell me questions and answers? I think many would find it very helpful, including myself!!

This has helped a lot because my 4th lesson I kept stalling at roundabouts and it kept stressing me out but this is a helpful video you need more recognition

Best way to react is to feel ashame of yourself then restart the car

Bro you are the best, I am recommending your channel to all those who are to do lessons coz wooowww. I've been stalling my car every time I am by the traffic lights.

Thanks for online courses. Them helped me a lot ! I watched a lot of videos on your channel and i bought only 10 hours for practicing. 2 hours for passing practical. Yesterday i've passed the exam with just a liitle investment for my driving licence. Provisional+bookings+practice=430£. All of that thanks to you. You do a great job mate!!

Top tip: Learn in an instructors car so you don't destroy your own clutch when they have you holding/rolling on a hill with your clutch

You simplify things immensely and make it so much easier to learn, thanks for your help!

Even though i've been daily driving a manual sports car for 5 years now i still enjoy watching videos on how to drive stick. Idk why i do but i just enjoy them.

I just passed my test week ago and next day I've brought my first car but struggle to drive simply by stalling on junctions and roundabouts and my partner made me realise that I've been thought wrong how to move ( only by a clutch) and watching few videos make me really angry as and now I feel like I need to start learning to drive again and it's knocking my confidence and it's bloody frustrating.

One interesting fact and I never knew this until more than 1 year later i got my license: manual cars with diesel engines are less likely to stall than petrol engines. After getting my driving licence, i very rarely drive and when i do, i use automatic. A year later, my father provide me with a manual car with diesel engine to go to school 5 times a week and i never stall.

Wow very helpful vid. Once I stalled in a red light and everybody started beeping at me, and the other time I burnt a little bit of tires, but now I wanna practice. Thx ☺️

Great video. Driven auto all my life and prepping to switch to manual next year for a performance car. I have been tossing around the “gas first, then ease off clutch” theory in my head for forever since I can’t practice. No one ever teaches it that way but in my opinion a bulletproof way to learn manual, since finding the clutch bite point is not the easiest thing to do for beginners. Glad an instructor validated my thoughts today. Cheers!

I think the reason instructors teach to use the hand brake when stalling is because on a lot of cars have vacuum brake boosters that quickly lose pressure when the engine is off. That means that if you mess up your timing or fail to turn the engine on in time - you might gragually lose control of brakes and start to roll.

I've honestly never had an issue stalling the newer, (like late-90's and after) manual transmission vehicles. The synchronizers and clutches are just much smoother. I tell everyone that I learned how to drive a REAL manual by learning to shift my grandfather's 1940's-era John Deere tractor. You'd have to work hard to get the clutch pedal down and it was often more difficult to move the gear shift; but, once mastered, it made the transition to road vehicles far easier. After decades of driving, I still prefer the engagement of driving a standard vehicle. From my experience, it just forces the operator not to go on, "autopilot mode." Cheers!

Thankyou. Just passed my test and brought my 1st car. The car I learnt to drive on was a 1.6 diesel citreon, but the car I brought was a 1.3 petrol mazda 2. Constant stalling or over revving, due to the differences between the cars. Hoping this will help 👍

Thank you so much. i just turned 16, and i've just starded to drive. i've only driven atomatic, but we have a second car thats manual, im thinking about trying it out next week

The thing that got me with stalling is that every car is different with this. My instructor's car I got the hang of no problem, but when I tried to practice in my parent's car I stalled like 10 times in a row. For their car, you have to really PRESS the gas for it to take, whereas is you did that in my instructor's car it would shoot forward at high speed. It's like every car you get in you have to semi-learn how to drive all over again.

I'm getting my first standard car tomorrow I watched this video 7times already you explain everything soo good I can't wait to use what I learned from you

This guy is the freshest instructor

I've been watching your videos because I have been wanting to drive since 🤷.My mom finally said I can give driving a go and I even made a video about it because of how excited I was. Thank you very much for all your help.

I just passed my test today, but I still feel like watching your videoes for extra tips!!

For me, the best way to avoid completely stalling is to just push the clutch all the way through and give half accelerator and give it some revs when the car is in the initial stage of stall but not completely stalled. This technique lets the engine breathe freely again and you don't need to restart it again. Its only been 2 weeks since i learnt it and i know you might think its not the correct way, but trust me, this method has been really helpful especially in the really slow moving traffic in india where i sometimes just lift off the clutch way too early. This helps the engine gain its natural revs back.

i remember back in march just before i had my test and i was watching your videos. i passed :)

Clutch manufacturers love his teaching style.

it took me forever to realize the wheel was on the right side of the car. I was wondering why it looked so weird

Love the way you say 'yeah' after a sentence. Sound unique. Anyway great video man

Can I highly recommend you do a video on where to position your side mirrors please.

Most people just don’t understand the concept of re-clutching after they recognise the engine will stall, they just sit there and wait until it stalls.

Thabks from Japan . Yesterday , I stalled 6times in 1 hour

Your videos have been a life saver my test is in 8 days ! X

I'm really thankful to you for this video.! I'm from India and am learning to drive.! On the 1st Day I was having problems of stalling during 1st gear pickup but I watched this video of yours and today I didnt stall at all and driving was really improved.! Thanks a lot for helping me learn to drive safely and smoothly.!

I remember when I was going out on a date with this girl I had a crush on for years. I had just gotten a new car after just passing my driving test so the clutch was a bit different plus I wasn't that good to begin with. She got in the car with me and I immediately stalled. I then processed to stall 4 times because I was nervous until she had to take over and drive for me. It destroyed my confidence and during the date I said absolutely nothing. On the way back the journey was completely silent, when I got home that night I cried.

Partially engaging the clutch will stop the car from rolling back at a steep road,but it's a bad habit because it will make too much wear on the clutch disc,use handbrake instead

Select the right gear: use the palming and thumb up, thumb down method, feel the gear selector springs. Set the gas: gently depress the gas pedal and hold it. Gently lift up clutch: gradually bring it up through the bite and car will move away. Stay calm and practice lots. Best wishes

3:36 I'd disagree because a lot of modern cars have electronic handbrakes and hill start assist. If you press the accelerator before the clutch is biting on a hill, then the car will immediately release the brakes and cause the car to roll backwards causing a dangerous situation.

This was really helpful, my instructor didn't teach me what to do in this situation aside from obviously restarting the car. I didn't know that you could start the car while it is rolling 🤭

the way i avoid stalling is just holding in the clutch, redlining then dropping it really quickly, once i get up to about 10-15 mph then i let off and i have no use for the clutch at that point /s

I took a taxi 2 hours away to buy a manual car. I had never driven one before. so my first time driving manual was 2 hours through the pitch dark and rain 🤣 it was horrible and terrifying but I only stalled once! Thank you for these videos, they really are helpful if they can help me drive 2 hours the very first time!

I believe that this man helped me pass as much as my driving instructor thanks a lot

amazing video. i just learnt how to not stall. havent stalled in my 5 most recent driving learning with my mom. best tip is to take it slow off clutch till it pulls then little gas! amazing channel!

1:23 "an uphill road like this" - if that's uphill you should see Bristol *shudder*

Struggling with my clutch on lessons thanks for the help

I literally feel like crying 🥺😭😔, lose all my confidence ,get scared 😍😢, come under pressure when my car gets stalled or even if I do a small mistake while driving!!!!

I stalled 3 times on an uphill heavy traffic. I had a little bit struggle on starting the engine 3rd time because of the battery I think. Experience is your best friend.

I’m only 13 and watching driving lesson vids 😂 My brothers taught me how to drive manual and automatic and ITS FUN!!!

Just practiced earlier with my dad and hearing you stall your car for the examples and the rattling and jumping of the interior giving me flashbacks of getting yelled at😂😂

Just out of curiosity, does stalling damage the car at all? I've passed and have been driving my own car for about 7 months now, i do still stall occasionally (rarely now) and it really annoys me as i think i'm damaging the car. Pretty much all stalls are a slight clutch slip, the car needs more gas than what my instructors car needed. I assume modern 21st Century vehicles stall as a way the computer system shuts the engine off before any real damage can be caused. Maybe 🤔

You probably won't see this but thank you so much, I was for once able to drive extremely smoothly without any signs that it was about to stall.

Releasing clutch too fast is me also I tend to panic when hill reversing but the car rolls forward

THANK U SO MUCH i'm learning a manual car on my own and this really helps