# Noob Question (Shifting) **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [February 14, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-question-shifting/250311 "2010-02-14T10:59:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-question-shifting/250311/14 "2010-02-14T13:37:09Z")
> [@Hey! I'm new and clueless!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-im-new-and-clueless/29302/55): > > You guys are all really are a lot of help, I’m shifting very smooth now, no rough shifting really at all, I was just driving very aggressively. Kramerbucks that’s a pretty good story haha. Now I need to work on coming to a complete stop and going afterwards, still having somewhat of a rough time taking off when stopped completely. What my dad told me to do which was very helpful was to go to a completely flat parking lot and slowlyyyyy let out the clutch with no gas and get the car moving that way. Doing that gives you a feel for exactly where on the pedal travel the clutch engages and how much travel it takes to go from 100% disengaged to slightly engaged to 100% engaged. Then, depending on what kind of hill you’re on, how much room you have to “roll back” and how much a rush you’re in, change the speed of the clutch engagement and add more gas the faster you engage the clutch. Like everyone else said, its real hard to explain. But try out that thing in the parking lot with no gas, I think that helps. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-question-shifting/250311)._