# Noob Question (Shifting)

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [February 14, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-question-shifting/250311 "2010-02-14T10:59:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-question-shifting/250311/35 "2010-02-16T19:50:39Z")

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> [@My 68 camaro project \*pics 11/27/06](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-68-camaro-project-pics-11-27-06/20749/58):
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> I’m going to disagree with all of the posts offering advice on how to do this and how to do that.
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> Get the car to an open space, parking lot, vacant road, w/e. Get in it and drive it until you figure the shit out. It is the best way for you to learn and it is how I learned. Don’t be an idiot and try the same technique twice if it didn’t work the first time. This way, you will learn how YOU are going to drive the car. If you are thinking to much about it then it will take you forever to get right.
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> Just hop in the thing, and do what you have to to make it work.

Simplified, that’s the “practice makes perfect” theory, which is what I was saying, but to start out, I recommend the no-gas start a few times to get a feel for the specific clutch that you’re working with.

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