Teaching My Twin Daughters How To Drive a Stick-shift Car! 

I’m from the UK and pretty much everyone learns in a manual! 😂 Automatics are a lot less popular over here! It was really sweet watching how nervous Roni and Nessa were and how patient you were with them! ☺️

You’re such a patient father/teacher. My dad would’ve already yelled at me if I messed up

I enjoyed this extended version. So glad my Dad taught me to drive on a manual even though every car I've ever owned was automatic. It would be so confusing the other way around. If they tried to do a Car Rides in a manual I have a feeling there would be some stalling and panicking. Great job by each for the first time out. Also excelling teaching technique and patience by Paul.

It's nice to see how supportive and encouraging Roni and Nessa are to each other. Having such a calm and patient teacher like Paul helps a lot too! My first car was a 5 speed manual and I've had a couple of others since then, becoming a lost art these days though unfortunately.

You're such a patient father. I love how you support your daughters. This was beautiful to watch❤

Having a hard time believing the fathers name is Paul, anyone with this much patience should be named Job. Enjoyed every minute, thanks. Make sure to keep them practicing, once you get it, you will never forget.

I grew up in a household without a father figure, and watching Paul's videos gives me comfort🥺 thank you for making great videos and happy fathers day!!

Paul you remind me so much of my dad. Logical, patient, and caring. All the best qualities for a father to have.

One of the best things I have found to help teach people to drive a stick is using the rpm gauge. Simple saying more gas, more gas, more gas gets people anxious and they normally stall the car/truck. Having them hold 1100 to 1300 rpms while learning the feel of starting to move gives them a target to see and aim for. It's nice to see you teaching them this as it could help them in the future.

the way they said "oh" to the doves at the same time and how roni got so easily distracted is a whole mood.

As an American who loves driving a manual and has never owned an automatic car, this is a pretty interesting video. My sisters and I all learned to drive manuals and took our tests in a manual and all three of us have manual cars. My parents made it a requirement for all of us to learn to drive stick and we all to this day feel it's made us better and safer drivers. My parents were very patient teaching each of us and taking us on lots of parking lot drives and constant driving lessons in lots of different situations. Practice and time and patience are key to learning, take your time and enjoy the process. Driving a manual forces you to pay attention, look far ahead and not be distracted and actually enjoy driving. We all took advanced driving courses and that taught us so many great skills and the ability to get ourselves out of some bad situations caused by fellow moron drivers. Driving stick is a skill and an art form that is disappearing in America, your dad has immense patience. Enjoy learning to drive a manual and thank your parents for giving you the opportunity to learn like my parents did for myself and my sisters. It's truly a lot of fun and I will never stop driving a manual car. 😄

The best way I've found teaching people is to clutch in and put it in 1st is to let them only let off the clutch just enough to start moving the car and just do that over and over until they're comfortable and not freaking out lol. Everyone forgets how to drive in a manual, it's hilarious 😅

Nice going guys, proud of you! Paul had just the right amount of instruction and patience. Great video.

Sir, You have the Patience of a Saint! Take this compliment from a dad who tried to teach his son and daughter to drive but gave up and paid for extra lessons for the "Little darlings"!🇬🇧❤🇺🇸

Fairplay to the girls, it’s hard to learn how to drive a manual car when you’ve only ever learnt how to drive an automatic! Though I am curious, did they opt to learn how to drive an automatic rather than a manual when they were younger , or is it typical for American drivers to only learn how to drive an automatic? In the UK they encourage drivers to learn how to drive an manual, and then if they really want to they can change to automatic. This is because it’s easier to go from manual to automatic, than it is to go from automatic to manual, like this video shows😂

In germany everyone has to learn how to drive stick in our (expensive) driving schools. I hated it at first but once you do it for a while it's getting easier

Paul is so calm teaching them. My dad shouts at me when he was teaching me how to drive.

I love how calm you are. You're such a great Dad Paul. I enjoyed watching this without regular cuts. You are a really good driving instructor :D

at Malaysia we have 2 options for when you want to learn about driving & the first option is for automatic but you can't drive the stick / manual type car & the second option is for the stick / manual and this you can drive both automatic & manual type car. I have my manual license for 1year 8 months already & never drive a manual car because of heavy traffic in our state so i drive the automatic car 🤣. Watching you teach the girls how to drive the stick / manual type car is making me wanting to try & drive that car too hahaha no joke 😂😂 btw hope all of you had a amazing day , god bless ! sending love from malaysia ❤️ edit : ify nessa. When i was learning how to drive the manual i got anxiety & was soo nervous like crazy and everytime i end my driving class i will go back home and cry due to stress 😌 istg the pressure during learning is undescribable.

Good job, reminds me of the first time I learned stick! If I had any advice for how to make learning smoother, I wouldn't be afraid to dive deeper into details on how the manual transmission works. That is, explain what a transmission really is -- a system to "transmit" or deliver power from the engine to the wheels. And the clutch is a disk connected to the car's wheels which grabs on to the engine when it's in gear -- pedal out and a gear engaged -- to deliver to the wheels. So the feeling when the car starts to inch forward as you let the clutch pedal out is when the clutch is "grabbing" onto the engine -- the clutch's "bite" point. I would also have them practice getting a feel for the throttle while the car is stopped in neutral. Get a feel for how much foot action it takes to bring the car to, say, 1500 RPM. And then cover the logic behind the different gears and why you have to shift up or down (torque vs speed). Things get easier IMO when they really have an idea for what the car is actually doing, I felt like they had some questions about that but it wasn't fully covered since yall were interested in just getting moving quickly. But great video nonetheless, your daughters definitely had some fun!

Well I'm so proud of the twins!! When u learned how to drive an automatic first, learning a manual later is hard... Love ur videos paullll!!!! Literally the coolest dad! Advance Happy Father's Day!!!

You have such a great amount of patience. This reminds me of when my dad tried to teach me. Roni and Nessa's reactions are so funny! I'm proud of them! You are such a great dad!

Paul you’re a great instructor, right level of patience and explanations! Sadly with my father it’s a little different, thanks for teaching us also that are the twins fans who don’t know manual. This teaching series would be great to continue and see the progress of how to learn stick shift. I kept watching bc of your great teaching apart from watching the twins! I learned something new today! 🥰

This was really great! They did well, but I feel like we need a part 2, get them out on the road because it will be different then in a parking lot and driving stick is a good thing to know! They are so funny! Thanks for posting this!

I really like the behind the scenes extended version, would love to see more! You guys are all my comfort channels for my anxiety, Thankyou 😊

I remember being so nervous when I learned how to drive manual 😂 the girls did better than me first try! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Good job, Roni & Nessa! Don’t give up! Also, Paul did a great job staying calm and collected while teaching them!

I was constantly torn between "that poor girl!" and "that poor car!" :D. Great video and infinite patience! As a German, it still baffles my mind, how you can have your driver's license but not know how to drive a manual :)

This was hilarious! But as an avid stick shift driver and manual transmission lover, I didn't realize how hard it would be to teach someone to drive stick. You did a good job!

I learned how to drive on a stick at 14 & owned 2 cars & a truck with a stick shift. Loved them!!!

Well done! My worst experience was trying to teach my then 19 year old wife how to drive our manual car. That was 40 years ago. I still own a manual and while she can drive it, she doesn't like to do that. Only two of our 6 children ever learned. I had no choice, my Dad insisted on teaching me when I was a boy in 74. On a '47 Ford pick-up. No power steering, no power brakes, no synchro-mesh. And for that Dad, I will be forever grateful. Love and miss you dad.

This is actually helpful, here in the Philippines, before tou get your license the car that you needed to learn is the manual cars where they have that sticks same with their car. It is actually hard and confusing but learning hard from it, you can do it. They are nice, very proud of you guys!!

I lost my father when I was 5 and I don’t have any male brothers or relatives growing up and watching this just makes me feel so happy for the twins to have a father like you Paul. God bless you and I hope their children will grow up with a father like you and hopefully still have you by their side to always guide them ❤️

When I had my driving lessons overhere in the Netherlands the first thing my instructor told me was to take the car out of gear before turning it off. Leaving your car in gear when parking is only an option in winter when it's freezing. If you apply the emergency/parking brake in winter it may be frozen over the next morning and then you're stuck. Most people don't have garages overhere so putting your car inside isn't possible for most people. Overhere learning to drive with a trained and authorized instructor is mandatory. His car also has a double set of controls and no, not a second steering wheel.

This is so wholesome. Kudos to you dad for your patience and staying calm. And I can tell your girls really trust you and look up to you.

This was lovely to watch, with perfect and calm instructions. Practice makes perfect and everybody stalls at first, don't overthink it. I know the E-break was off limits but its a life saver when starting on an hill/slope (E-brake on, engage clutch so it lightly connects with the transmission foot off the brake and light on the gas then release E-brake) Best regards from Denmark

We need a 'learn manual' part two. They actually did well if that were their first time driving a manual. It's all about practicing and the "feeling" of the clutch engagement point. In Denmark, where I'm living, we all learn to drive in cars with a manual transmission. Automatics are an upgrade and they usually cost extra if you want your new car to have it. Some might call it a luxury thing. But it's becoming more common here to get new cars fitted with an automatic gearbox.

Already in the twin's video, this reminded me so much of my father trying to teach me how to drive, many, many, many moons ago.

This video was epic - the twins’ fear(?) and disinterest cracked me up. But I very much enjoyed it

Soooooo glad there's an extended version! I really enjoyed this part of the twins' video. 💖 the amount of patience that you have is admirable. 🥺

I really enjoyed this video! It was so much fun to see them learn something new and how kind/supportive you were as they learned.

Good job Paul. I’m not a patient teacher but you have the patience of a saint 😅😆

i watched this on their channel it was so FUNNY ,GOOD JOB PAUL FOR TEACHING THEM!!!

My brother taught me to to drive standard, then I owned a standard for 3 years, this is the most entertaining thing I've seen today 🤣

Hi there! It was quite an entertaining video to watch, it kinda reminded me of my very first lesson: a 10 minutes explanation on how to shift (i already knew how it works but had never tried it), mirrors setup etc, and boom, straight to the road starting with a blind (due to being right after/before a turn) road crossing right after a steep donwhill in a city lmao. If i can give a little advice, it's better to do the "starting procedure" in this order (once in 1st gear): *1)* Keep your foot on the brake AND clutch pedals. *2)* Start by gently letting your foot partially off the CLUTCH, until you feel the car wants to go. _(*If you stall here:* you have released the clutch too far)_ *3)* Once you start to feel the car slightly pushing forward, very gently let your foot off the BRAKE _(*If you stall here:* you have released the brakes too quickly)_ _(*If you don't get going here:* you haven't released the clutch enough during step 2)_ *4)* Let the car roll for a few meters. At this point, you should have the brakes fully released and the clutch partially released. *5)* Gently let your foot go completely off the clutch while rolling. _(*If you stall here:*you didn't have enough speed yet to fully release the clutch. Be more gentle with your clutch release)._ *6)* Give it a little gas, gently, and you'r off! ^^ PS: It's easier to do this on a very slight slope (downhill) for the first tries, then on the flat (and uphill will obviously be much harder or impossible). To give a little explanation on why it is a better method: *- To* start by only partially releasing the clutch while braking gives 4 advantages: _- You only have to worry about one pedal, the most important one with a manual transmission (clutch)._ _ - You get a much better feel of where the clutch's catching point and stall point are (because you feel the car wanting to go while braking or wanting to stall)._ _- You still have your foot on the brake, which is much more reassuring for beginners, since you can't go anywhere (and so, it allows for a better focus on clutch control)._ _- It teaches you the correct order of actions for the uphill starts, that you learn later down the line_ *- To* THEN release the brake makes it sure that you go forward (instead of rolling backward like here) and that you have the safety of engine braking, so you can't take too much speed (speed taken during the long time that a beginner takes to release a fully engaged clutch, if downhill i mean). *- The* vast majority of modern cars can very easily get going (with a fully released clutch) without any gas needed. So, again, it's one less pedal to care about at first, which further eases the process of learning to feel the clutch's catching point. You can also do it on older cars, but it might be slightly harder (because of less electronics). *Also, a little tip on how to place your feet:* you should always push the pedals with the tip of your feet, namely, your toes. It will allow you to have a much finer control over your pedals. Pushing the pedals with any parts of your feet that comes before your toes (so everything) will only make your control sloppy. *To get a feel of what should and what shouldn't touch the pedal:* on land, stand on your toes the highest possible. What's touching the ground should be on the pedal. Everything else shouldn't. Finally, while rolling with a fully released clutch, let your left foot fully rest on the foot rest that's at the left side of the clutch. If you'r not giving any gas, always let your right foot hover over the brake pedal without touching it. It will shorten your stoping time in an emergency braking case. Alright, i hope this will help your girls and people learning in the comments! :) And if i ever think of something else that is useful to know (and not too much to learn for a complete beginner), i will edit this message :)

Nessa in the back naming all the birds is so on brand. 😂😂

I started driving stick about 6 years ago and I'm in love with it. Never will I ever own an automatic anymore. But I loved how you explained it calmly even though the girls were freaking out a lil 😂 don't worry girls, when I first started learning, I cried cause I was so nervous 😂

I wish my driving teacher was as calm as Paul. Lord knows how tensed I was. 🥲

Love watching people learn stick. It's just something I do without thinking yet there's so much stress for new people to stick.

You’re a great instructor! They did great! They had some great facial expressions.😂

Paul who taught you how to drive manuel ? You have so much patience my dad would’ve freaked out and possibly made me stop, I have so much respect for you, hat’s of to ya 🧢 Merrel

I was taught in manual and drive manual all the time. If you hold the handbrake on in first gear, let the clutch out until you get the biting point, where the bonnet starts to rise you are ready to take the handbrake off and pull away with a little throttle. If you are careful enough releasing the clutch you can pull away without throttle. Too complicated to learn when you say foot on the brake and then go to the gas making them panic. It is fun driving a manual geared lorry!

I was scared for you in the original video Paul! 😂 Thanks for posting the whole thing! Have a great weekend!

17:00 the synchronized “oh” lmaoo😹

omg!! I used to daydream of shifting gears while sitting in class. The fear and the leg shake is so relatable, even after learning to drive I had the leg shake for months whenever I drove a car. Both of them did very good given they had no basics of clutch, gear and accelerator like I had from riding motorcycle. Great Video Mr. Dad

Wow! The girls learned so quickly! Paul needed a break when the girls switched. He was getting a little flustered when Roni was at the wheel.

My friend who was a bus driver taught me how to drive. First thing he taught me was to keep the car in a "half-clutch", I dunno if that's what it's called everywhere. It's when you can hold the car just using the clutch without it rolling forwards or backwards in a slop without using the breakers. He trained me to do that effortlessly for the first 3 hours, then took me on a ride for the next 2 hours. I was confident enough to take the car for a joy ride on my own the very next day.

Beeing a driving instructor in Germany this is what i do everyday. Seeing someone to try explain is funny to me. But well done to all three

You have two beautiful daughters. I feel for you teaching these girls to drive.

This is a flashback to my first training hours in driving school. First I thought I will never get this as fluent as my teacher but the brain is a magic thing, just keep on doing it and someday it will feel as natural as ever.

Sometimes I wish my father wasn't Italian so that I could have a patient person teach me to drive LOL. Love the patience Paul!

When I learned how to drive a standard at that age I had a much better understanding of how standards worked. It made it a bit easier. Having said that my mom drove me to a hill stopped and got out of the car and made me engage the car in first gear while on the hill. It took me like 15 minutes to get the car going without stalling. But once I did the rest came so easy.

I wish I had someone like Paul to teach me. Don't know which way was better for the girls, all cars now a day has a automatic choke so you use the handbrake instead of the brake. Play with the clash until you feel the back end drop a little give a bit a gas and drop the handbrake to pull away. But they did great for their first time, great job Paul.

Your commentary is always on point. Would love seeing more videos on you reacting or commenting to things. Sports games, foods, movies etc

Driving Manually is hard then automatically I can't believe Paul had the patience to not yell at them for not listening

They both did well. Their next lesson should be on the road. At first it can be difficult but with practice I am confident that they will both be good manual drivers.

This is absolutely adorable.

Teaching my 16 year old daughter how to drive her standard car right now. I purposely bought her a standard for her first car. But I think everyone driving on the road should know how to drive a standard. Teaches how to multitask, and you have to know how to multitask in life sometimes to get things done. So this video hitting home for me. 😂 but at least I only have to do it once and not twice. Prayers going out to you.

Dear Paul This brings back some memories of my mom and dad teaching me how to drive a stick shift. And the first time I tried I was in tears and I wanted to give up. But after much patient between my parents and myself I got to learn to learn how to drive at the stick. And I still have the fond memories of my dad and I. Driving from our house at Fort Devens Massachusetts. And we wound up at Concord all on the back roads. On a Sunday afternoon. I know I have taught my son how to drive a stick shift. And hopefully in 5 years I'll teach my grandson. But yeah I hope you had a great laugh. And cringing when the gears were grinded. Teaching teach you girls well. Someday it will come in handy

You guys did so so good!! Paul is an amazing teacher!

This Dad is amazing, he has so much patience. My Dad be like yelling at me and making me more stressed and feel like a loser when I was learning how to drive. But you know what that actually helped.

Lol when roni’s like ‘no nessa do it one more time’ she didnt want a go yet did she 😂

I love these extended scenes💕 I wish I could see most of the behind the scenes of some videos they make🥰

The only family that makes any content fun to watch!😍💖🔥

they are so adorableeeeeeee!!! I find them so cuteeeee🥺❤ great job girls! and Paul! love ya'll

Great patience and explanation. I can feel your struggle in stopping them from giving in to their fear. They're understandably scared but they're so scared that they constantly want to give up. If they give in to their fear now however, they'll stay scared and never try again. Probably telling everyone that they're simply to short for manual cars for the rest of their lives;). At least that's how I took, I could be wrong. Maybe a slightly better explanation of the what the clutch and stick do would have eased their fear but honestly it's hard for me to even explain (I live in Europe and have always driven stickshifts).

I had my grandmother teach me to do this the summer before starting college. As the twins show, being timid about this process is a bad thing. I disagree with many of the commenters about when to learn the manual transmission. If you learn to drive an automatic first, you get the basics of driving and the rules of the road completed first, then later you can add the manual transmission after you have mastered the basics.

I loved the extra material! You should do this more often!

1st gear usually blocked in a move. To engage 1st gear during move have to overgased. So for example while rolling to traffic lights without stopping to start moving easier to engage 2nd gear then 1st. And on powerful sport engine car could start from 2nd or even 3rd-4th

I'm so glad that I drove a manual car from 18 to 34... it makes driving a more involved process I also died at both of them learning how to drive again

Funniest thing I’ve watched in a long long time! 😂 Gen X had to teach ourselves! Lol

I absolutely love you guys! Yess I watched that video the twins had posted too. And had seen my alert 🚨 and here I am to be integrated once more 😃

οκ there NEEDS to be a part 2!!! i've watched it like 5 times....LOVE IT

Regarding how common manual vs automatic is, it appears that automatic is starting to win market shares in many parts of Europe too, as the gearboxes become better. It might be a matter of one generation before the majority only learn to use automatic. Myself I've never driven an automatic, only manual so to me it would be opposite of what the twins experienced. However once I borrowed a Saab 900 and I'll tell you that was something different than all the other manual cars I had driven at that point (including Volvo, Nissan, Ford, VW etc). It took a bit of time to get used to.

this just brings back to a different of kian and jc where kian teaches jc how to drive a stick and jc panicked 🤣🤣 i love this video 🤍🤍 making me learn how to drive a stick w/o a manual car lol

I loved the videos Paul 💙 with Veronica 💜 & Vanessa 💖 & God Bless You! 🙏

Hi im from Slovakia and this is so weird for me because in Slovakia we are encouraged to drive manual cars when getting a drivers license because they say that once you know how to drive stick you can drive manual and automatic cars

I'm from the UK and have only ever driven manual! I think I only know one or two people who have automatic drive. It isn't as common over here. This is a masterclass in patience haha! It really isn't easy to have good clutch control, lots of people still stall the car even if they've been driving for years.

When Nessa said “letting go of the break!” She sounded like Rose Rosenblitz. 14:06

This man deserves a medal

Driving instructor from uk here, i found that very entertaining, i loved the part where she said "did i hurt the car" and dad said no lol dad telling lies and one reason why lessons cost so much as repairs aint cheap :)

I felt your kids anxiety 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Paul is so patient. My driving instructor yells at me, insults me.

I watched another US video instructing on how to drive a manual the other day and you guys seem to make it harder for yourselves with using the foot brake. In the UK we’re taught to leave the hand brake on while you find the bite point of the clutch, set the gas, then release the handbrake to move off.

Can't wait to have a family so I can have moments like this. 🥺

Lol 😂 Paul Let on or off the clutch Nessa ooh a bluejay 😂 getting distracted instead of listening to Paul and at least he was patient with them 2 that taught me yelled at me

I love that Paul is preparing/coaching the twins to Nascar race hahaha

This was so much fun to watch, really nice. They did pretty well too considering it being their first time on a manual.

The most patient dad goes to... Paul 👏❤

My dad taught me how to drive standard and it was so much fun, really good times with my dad. thanks for the reminding me of that day 😆 I stalled a few times till I got the take off. My problem was, I was very excited to learn how to drive standard and I was letting the clutch too fast and stalling 😆 my car had turbo and it was alot of power on 1st gear. switching down was something...just jumped to N and pressed brake. Learned how to downshift later on. It's addicting to drive standard.

I love when you teach your daughter’s new stuff on video, I learn too 👍😂 (Love your patience! 🥰)