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Originally Posted by Want.FR-S

To sum up, it is not hard to drive a manual car fast. Once you pass the 1st and 2nd gears, the up shifting is better and smooth because the speed difference between the flywheel and input shaft is less and thus smooth shift.

It is, however, hard to drive a manual car *slowly*: i.e. stop-n-go traffic, parking lot cruising and backing or parking. To get the car go like it is an automatic in these situation requires proper control on the clutch, and not necessary on the gas. In these situations, clutch footwork is more important than gas footwork. Once you master the clutch control to move the car *without* gas, you have graduated to a new level of manual car driving.

Lastly, let me quote Sir Jackie Stewart in one of the Top Gear episode when he was teaching James May about race car control: don't press the gas pedal unless you know you will not lift off later.

correct me if i'm wrong but i'm pretty sure that by not adding gas while moving out the clutch; you will also wear out your clutch