Heel-and-toe shifting can help you save your gearbox, your occupant’s necks, and make you feel like a driving master. For new drivers, it can seem like a mysterious move that’s only possible in anime ...
When you're first learning to drive a manual transmission, simply getting the car to roll forward without violently stalling feels like the biggest challenge in the world. Eventually, though, you get ...
One of the perks of having a car equipped with a manual transmission is the inherent joy of rowing up and down the gears while giving your otherwise static left leg some exercise. Sure, shifting in ...
Heel-and-toe (H/T) manipulation of the throttle and brake with the driver’s right foot is a throwback to ancient motoring days before synchromesh became standard in manual-shift transmissions. To ...
There are certain things we, as mere car enthusiast mortals, do not deserve and will always make us weak at the knees: the aural pleasure of a BRM 1.5-liter V16 at full tilt, the stunning lines of the ...
Jonathan loves just about anything with a motor and a steering wheel. As a kid, Jonathan collected any kind of toy car he could lay his hands on, and begged his parents to take him to the monster ...