Transition from driving Automatic to Manual?

Congratulations first. Too many people are not willing to learn this skill and manual transmissions are slowly being phased out- even in the trucking industry most new ones are auto.

The hardest thing to learn is the use of the friction point.

This is where the clutch begins to make contact with the flywheel(pressure plate). The basics are to let off the clutch slowly, and raise the rpm slightly above idle(1000-1200 rpm approx.) until you feel the "grab". It won't jump at this point, just begin to move. This is where you slowly begin to release the clutch until full engagement, adjusting throttle and clutch to ensure a smooth start, and steady rpm.

This is just to get moving in first and is the same no matter what you are driving.

You then accelerate, shifting at a reasonable rpm.

When you upshift you release the throttle, and use the clutch, then shift. You should try to match your engine rpm with the transmission rpm.

This sounds difficult but will come with experience. Upshifting is easy because the engine will be dropping rpm without throttle.

Downshifting is another fun bit. You press the clutch, move the shifter and blip the throttle to match drive train rpm again (if you release the clutch slowly without throttle in the lower gear the engine will match without the blip, but it will prematurely wear the clutch out.

Another method to downshifting and braking is the use of "heel toe braking" Where you actually use one foot on the clutch and the other to brake and blip the throttle at the same time while downshifting(used primarily in racing) Leave this technique until you have gained experience driving normally.

To put this into practise try to find an older vehicle with a mechanical linkage(harder to push the clutch but the friction point is easier to identify)

If you can get hold of an old semi you can have more fun.

Starting out is the same but you do not clutch for any upshifts or downshifts, you use the blip and shift without clutching, just matching rpm.

Have fun and drive safe!

If all you have ever driven is an automatic transmission .You are going to have to set in that standards car seat and forget all you have learned about driving with the auto trans.It's totally different driving experience.You best get a really good friend(who owns one) take you out on a country road and practice a bit before you commit to a Standard .It's a lot of work as well as fun for some.

Yes there is. Automatic Licence permits you to drive only Auto-Transmission vehicles, but Manual Licence allows you to drive all sorts of transmissions. The only thing that matters is like, Here in Malaysia, with a car driving licence, you can already legally drive commercial vehicles such as the buses and vans, but can you do the same in any other countries?

when i first started driving manual, i killed it a bunch of times, liek 20 times in row

it takes a while to get used to

dont rest your foot on the clutch, that can damage the clutch, cause itll be constantly slipping and wearing it down

and what a lot of beginner manual drivers dont realize is there different times to shift

if im accelerating slow, then i dont need to shift as soon

but if i wanna go faster, i give it more gas and wait till the rpms go higher till i shift