How To Drive An Automatic Car

Driving an automatic car is a quite different from manual car.

If you have’t driven an automatic car before,however,it can be all too easy to get behind the wheel and be totally perplex by the lack of a clutch pedal and the array of option provided by the shifter

before you start

Most automatic gearboxes will let you select between “p”(for park), “R”(reverse), “N”(neutral), and “D”(drive)

  • Park should be used when you must have stopped and getting out of the car (but you still need to apply the handbrake when parked as well).
  • Reverse does as it say -act the same as a reverse gear in a manual, and should be selected when you want to drive backwards
  • Neutral is the same as knocking a manual gearbox out of gear. it shouldn’t be selected when moving
  • Drive will select gear automatically and allow the car to move forward

steps you must take

  1. Forget about the clutch pedal
  2. Get used to the gear stick
  3. Be prepared to “creep”
  4. Know what to expect in different conditions
  5. Practice

Here is a full video on how to drive an automatic car

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