Once you get driving manual down it's so much fun to drive. I go out of my way to get manual vehicles in the US because it makes driving so much more interesting and enjoyable!

@GrafindeKlevemark

7 ай бұрын

I really agree - it's like you have "power" over the car and not the other way round. And then you also have to understand when the car's motor wants you to change gear or retrograde. I do agree, however, in city traffic a manual is trying your patience and spoiling your fun, but on open country roads, with plenty of corners, it's testing your driving skills !

@pwolkowicki

3 ай бұрын

I'm so happy to have an automatic transmission after years of driving a manual! :D

@Bulsky

Ай бұрын

I can drive manual car but I sincerely hate if, there is nothing fun to it. Automatic transmition is the way to go

The secret is mastering the clutch. Plus, getting started from a stop going uphill can be a bit unnerving. Once you master those, it's easy peasy. And driving a manual can be lots of fun.

@CrazyChemistPL

Жыл бұрын

For starting really uphill, there is handbrake to help you too.

@GrafindeKlevemark

7 ай бұрын

Yes there is the handbrake, but being able to balance the clutch and the accelerator is satisfying. However, I do leave a lot a space between the car in front of mine - not everyone can do this !!!!

@Superbustr

7 ай бұрын

Once you master parallel parking on a hill, you now can say that you can drive manual.

@erraldstyler

6 ай бұрын

its just about developing a feeling for it and getting it into your muscle memory.

@Sub2GigaChad

Ай бұрын

Clutch control is called "the bite" mastering the bite is essential for a lot of 1st gear requirements, especially hill starts, or being stuck in a traffic jam on a hill. The bite is the balance between gas and clutch to keep the car stationary without stalling.

Ah yes. I will always remember the first time I ever drove a standard transmission. I had gone to visit an old friend of mine in the city where he lived, and we were just driving around catching up on life events. For some reason, I don't remember why, we got pulled over by the police. Turns out my friend, the driver, had a warrant out for his arrest so they cuffed him and took him in. Now, I had to figure out how to drive stick, in city traffic, in a city I only sort of knew, to get to my friends parents house, in order to inform them that their son had just been arrested. Ah memories. 🤣🤣🤣

@Mindlesswasp

4 ай бұрын

You never drove a manual car in your life but you 'figured it out on the go' in city traffic. What a bunch off bullshit hahaha

@Alfiewobbel

23 күн бұрын

Yeah that is not true. No one figures out how to drive stick that fast lol

This just reminds me of grinding the clutch in my dad's old civic while getting yelled at in a parking lot, very nostalgic

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t be able to learn if I were getting yelled at lol

@ivangalovski4190

2 ай бұрын

been there done that :D :D

Your intros are always so spectacular! For awhile I could teach people how to drive manual even though I never drove in a manual vehicle myself haha, the initial process just stressed me out too much to drive at first.

Your impression of indigant French drivers was hilarious. 😂 Thanks.

In the UK or Europe you MUST pass your Driving Test in a Manual Gearchange Car to be allowed to drive one , if you pass your Driving Test in an Automatic Gearbox Car you are only allowed to drive an Automatic .

@erraldstyler

6 ай бұрын

its not that strict anymore, but you need to have some practice hours on a manual.

@PhilipKerry

6 ай бұрын

@@erraldstyler In the UK it is ......

As soon as you visualize what is actually happening when you press the cludge and shift gears, I find it pretty easy. I however could not drive a manual until I understood that, before that it was just a mysterious pedal ... but ok, I was 13 😀 ... and it was in a field ... in France as well with a Citroen CV2 with the pistol shift and not a stick.

Nice video your driving teacher was very good she had a lot of patience with teaching you the whole process of driving a manual car, France seems serene that Castel was beautiful can't wait for the next video.

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Yes she is very patient lol and the country side of France is beautiful

oh my gosh :D so much that came back! I started driving lessons in a manual car last year, so I know how it feels for the first time xD You did great!

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I don’t know how I found your channel but it has been the best random find ever a few years ago. I LOVE your content and look forward to all of you videos. If you are ever in Utah, you 100% have a fiend lol. 💕

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Awh Tysm Tori!!!!

Congrats on learning how to drive manual while driving us at the edge of anxiety limits watching haha. Thanks for the vids

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Heheheh

THIS IS SOOO AWESOME Torie!!!! Haha I had a boyfriend teach me in my Volvo he slapped my leg lol cuz I had a "sticky" clutch foot 😂 YOU LEARN FAST THATS AWESOME my sister's all know how to we are farm girls lol BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY!!!!!! ☕🥐🥖

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

I’m surprised my dad never taught me as he’s a mechanic lol but yeah with a little practice I can be good!

In The Netherlands you have to learn driving manual, or you take a special course for automatic, but then you are not allowed to drive a manual car .

Do you know how to drive manual?

@ryanPM97

Жыл бұрын

Nope but when I do decide to learn I’ll come back to this video and take it step by step 👽🌹✌🏻

@whoami4597

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I learnt to drive in a manual.

@Rexasblast

Жыл бұрын

Yep my car is manual. Never have to lend it out since none of my friends know😁

@thomasjarosz7406

Жыл бұрын

Victoria, My Dad made me take my drivers test in a stick.Ill never forget what the State Policewoman said...Does this car have A/C...yes why is it not on? God Bless

@terentius81

Жыл бұрын

Yep sure do. Automatic? No... hahaha. Came across all kinds of odd handbrakes too.

Congrats on your first lesson you look like a natural I have taught a lot of people to drive and very few master the move off in the first lesson you are very talented and intuitive and you should give yourself a lot more credit than you do your pulling off traveling the world something i wish i was doing but I am not as courageous as you are

I can imagine that your time behind the stick was more stressful than you let on. Nonetheless, good on ya! Also the location that you visited in Normandy looked like something out of Howell's moving castle or Mortal Engines. Magic in it's own right! Thank you again.

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Yes but I was trying to concentrate so hard and Lana is a very good teacher haha

Enjoyed watching you learn to drive a stick shift. I remember my first time driving a Volkswagen Beatle, and I never wanted an automatic again....however they do not have stick shifts much anymore :( I enjoy your adventures and thanks for sharing them with us!! Have fun!

Thanks for the lovely vlog Torie. Some really beautiful shots. Well done driving manual. 🥳 Next video: Torie tries drifting for the 1st time!! 😂 You also reminded me a time taking a coach from the midlands in England to Germany for a music festival. Part of the way through France, I thought "this driver hasn't stopped for fuel yet..." moments later it rolled to a stop on the freeway 🤣🤣

@goodykei

Жыл бұрын

🤣

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Oooo that’s stressful haha

@heather4190

Жыл бұрын

Haha, drifting lol

Well done! I'm usually driving manual (I live in Europe), but watching this made me realise it's really rather complicated.

Good video, Victoria. Continue on your road on getting the giant gold play button

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

😀

I was more nervous watching you drive than you were in the car I think. 2 things at the same time that's weird 🤣🤣 Good video Torie. Greets from Belgium

Awesome video today Tori that opening was freakin insane and unreal like the drone shots were amazing and loved the little town u stayed looked really nice sorry about the people in the church and now if I ever get a car that’s a manual I use this video for reference. Anyway thanks for the video today Tori really needed it this last week been really hard been wanting to give up so many times life has just been not on my side. Sorry for ending this comment sad hope u have a great day today my friend 🖤🌹✌🏻

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

The drone shots are my faveee

@ryanPM97

Жыл бұрын

@@TorieRobot yeah those shoots are insane and wild for a second I thought it was an edit u made can’t wait for the video of u exploring the castle 👽🏰🌹🇫🇷✌🏻

Wow great concept for this youtube video ho knew tori could learn how do drive a manual car with help very silly fun content today

You actually learned that really well! I learned on a stick (in 1986, but they were getting rare even then) and I love driving stick shift! Congrats. I think you did super well!

@Jo_Wardy

Жыл бұрын

Maybe rare in America. But in the normal world we all drive manuals

@larab5214

Жыл бұрын

@@Jo_Wardy yes.... I also have an Android phone, so I'm very pro-normal world. Lol

lol this is so interesting, we only grew up learning manual or stick shift first because in upstate NY cuz you have better control of car on snowy days and lots of hills, I definitely prefer it but automatics are so popular, love how everything is so close in Europe!!! So awesome!!! Such an awesome video !!! Grateful to live vicariously through you!! Thank you!!

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Ahh I see! Well I still want to fully learn it

@heather4190

Жыл бұрын

@@TorieRobot definitely do!! I prefer it!! You will pick up fast & becomes second nature!! Its a great skill to have!!

I've been driving manuals since 1978 and absolutely love them, but my interest in them goes all the way back to when I was a kid. Our next door neighbors had a Chevy with a 3-speed column shift, and on one occasion I rode with them and watched the missus shift gears. That was the coolest thing. I badgered my father about why we can't have a car like that, but he wouldn't hear of it. He was buying automatics by then. I had my first lesson on a stick when I was 17. A lady whom we knew agreed to let me practice on her VW Beetle. I didn't do too badly, but did pop the clutch and stalled the engine on an uphill incline. She was very patient with me. Years later, I met her daughter whom I remembered as a baby, and told her the story

Haha! So glad we drive manual in the UK 😂 you did very well x

I learned a few years ago and let me tell you it scared the hell out of me at first

Just a pointer , the person teaching you said press clutch then brake to stop. DO NOT do this , its known as coasting and causes damage to the brake discs because you aren’t letting the car engine brake. Always brake then clutch to come to a stop.

@thedragonbrawler9311

10 ай бұрын

That's when slowing down from driving at faster speeds. She's driving slow enough where pressing the clutch down first is negligible at worst and correct at best.

Fun and enthralling vid!! Congratulations on your first drive in a manual transmission car!! You did great! I think manuals are more fun to drive, but there are drawbacks in heavy traffic.

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I wouldn’t ever want to drive in heavy traffic 😳

@taoist32

Жыл бұрын

Don’t forget hills, mountains, and traffic at the same time. I used to dread driving in San Francisco, especially 19th Avenue with all the potholes and abrupt speed changes going up and down hills.

@donnyg.

Жыл бұрын

@@taoist32 good points. I can't even imagine driving a stick in San Fran!

@taoist32

Жыл бұрын

@@donnyg. I only went through it since I didn’t have any friends living there at the time. If I had to park it would be a parking garage despite how expensive it is.

Bravo 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🎉 and you scored a baget!!😀❣

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Oui weeeee

I'm a new subscriber and still playing catch up with all your other videos but enjoyed this one. The London ones have been good. Maybe one day we'll have you visit in Scotland, UK? That would be great as I think your honest viewpoint would be quite interesting.

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Welcome! And I would love to visit Scotland!!

That was a lot in one. I never had to teach anyone how to drive a manual transmission. You did good. You were so brave. I admire you for what you accomplished. Love the content.

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Greg!

Much love torie👽🛸

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻

I was getting stressed just watching this! I think I’ll stick with automatic, haha. Good for you on learning new things though. Have a great time in France!

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Haha it wasn’t easy! I need some brain rewiring

@saifrashid8701

11 ай бұрын

I'll pass the manual license soon but I was stressing for her watching this video because it's just like watching someone who never drove a car before, she was looking constantly at the stick and the pedals and not paying attention to the road I understand how difficult it is the first time and even, the first MONTH of driving because there are 6 gears and you constantly have to shift the 1-2-3 to 3-2-1 in town and the 6th gear in the highways, the braking and emergency brake process also seems to be complicated for the beginners, they mostly stall the engine

After all that worry you deserve a round of applause for a job well done.Enjoy every moment in this journey, if possible visit the other old European countries.

She was the worst stick shift driving teacher you could've had lol

@lanavyfilms

Жыл бұрын

Not everyone learns the same way so I feel that was the right method for this situation 🙂 and she successfully did it twice!

Someone escaped from the circus.

My first job in high school was a car dealer service helper. I had to wash vacuum and park the cars. Let's just say that was not a fun time when the mechanics dumped a stick car at my bay. But basically you just need to feel where the bite is when lifting the clutch. Know to look for that and make it a muscle memory for your left foot. I was then able to drive everything from a stick compact / sedan to a full blown pickup. A lot of fun!

You did really good learning to drive especially considering how random the instruction was ; D

Reminds me to when my car was in the shop and got a rental... a manual too. It was facing the walls so i had to reverse. For some damn reason i couldn't get that in, so yeah. Just called my work and took a week off. Fucking manuals.

In France it's easier because everyone drives on the right side. In England there is left-hand traffic and the driver sits on the wrong side.

top notch edit on the intro

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

🙌🏻🙌🏻

Did a great job! I just bought a Porsche Boxster with a manual transmission. It took me 4 hours to get used to it.

@pinkypinky2975

29 күн бұрын

👏👏👏👏you are strong! It took me over 4 hours to learn how to drive a car!👏👏👏👏👏

It's crazy to think that the UK and France are closer than Québec City and Montréal 😆Bienvenue dans le pays de mes ancêtres! 🇫🇷🇨🇦

best thing about the manual? Engine braking, economical riding and easier to grasp

Great video☺

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

love your videos! Have you ever been to Amstersdam? it would be really cool to see your experience there? 💖

I still drive a manual but not many are being sold new here in Australia. My Mom taught me to drive the family manual car.

as a dutch man it so wierd that you never driven manual since its seen as special to drive a automatic. its now slowly chanhging tho since electric cars and the attention span off gen z aint very long

Fantastic video, full support

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

I tried manual once when I was 17. I made it to the end of our driveway in the truck and got out!! Automatic is more my speed 😉

@heather4190

Жыл бұрын

Lol!!

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Same haha but I still wanna learn!

@mikepette4422

Жыл бұрын

I'm with you

A litte tip...you should never turn on the car! You have tu turn the key to the first click so that the pump puts pressure on the petrol, so after a couple of seconds you can start the car! PS: the handbrake is applied without holding the button down!

Another wonderful video ! (As always) Well done for driving a manual ! I'm still waiting for You to tell me what those odd looking cake things were, with some kind of test tube stuck in it ? 🤣 Love and Blessings to You and Yours 🤗🙏🙏

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

I don’t actually know but I was soooo tempted to try them haha

You are aware this French island/castle at 00:10 is part of an important level of 'Sniper Elite 5' right?

Pov: me watching this in my manual car🤣

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

😅

Good 👍 going Torie ! I knew you would prevail because you rock 💪

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Hahah thank you

France looks good on you.

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

It was beautiful

We Love Torie and we love France! Please give us more! Or give us some English countyside.Great Vid.

Great job on the car. I love driving a stick shift. The being was super beautiful. Love you California Joanna

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

🙌🏻

Beautiful shots. I can't drive standard. Been automatic my whole life. Oh well. Envious of your UK stay. Can't help it. Cheerio.

Hi Tori! I can drive manual. You just need to practice and get the feel of it. Great music as usual and I love your take on all the places you go.

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Yep everything is all about practice

Great Video. Luckly, you didn't try to learn to drive a manual in England because you would have been shifting with your left hand which is a lot harder for us that are use to sitting on the left side of the car, Keep up the good work.

Oh boy...about manuals. What's trippy still for me, because my clunky old car is a stick shift, it kinda messes up your mind when you go back to using an automatic. Occasionally like my left foot, when driving a regular car, will just shift a bit by itself, like it's searching for a clutch pedal that isn't there. Oh and the wonders of trying to parallel park on a steep hill. 😬

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

It’s such a learning curve haha and I bet the opposite way too funny how things are so hard until they are habit

FORMIDABLE* video!!! love and peace from the austrian alps 🗻☀️✌

There is good trick to avoid stalling the car: rev up to about 2000 RPM (slowly not too fast) and then release the clutch gently. This way you will avoid stalling by going too slow. It may be different from car to car but in general this works. But remember to release the clutch slowly and not to fast. Otherwise the car will shoot forward.

@aphextwin5712

7 ай бұрын

My advice is to start off by practicing to get the car rolling without using the gas pedal. This will give you a good feel for the clutch pedal*. Once you’ve mastered this, adding a bit of gas just makes things easier. Obviously this only really works on level ground (and doesn’t work with really old cars, I think you need fuel injection, which was a standard by about the mid 1990s). *And this can even be useful for experienced people when getting into a new-to-them car because the clutch can feel different depending on the car.

@tarro1114

7 ай бұрын

Good advice! But like you mentiioned this only works with newer cars. My BMW E36 would have a really rough start, when only using the clutch haha

the struggle was real xD

I would like to congratulate you and commend you for driving like you did that is not easy you did a phenomenal job proud of you me to come back to the states that teach you how to drive a tractor trailer

Manual is so easy. That's all I ever buy. We need more of them here in the states, but they're phasing them out.

Great views and exciting video. Nervous and scared you are when you was driving. New experience for you to drive manual.

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Gotta just go for it!

@randyfluegge2029

Жыл бұрын

@@TorieRobot definitely.

Good Vibes good vibes. Oh and that drone shot at the start, talk about panoramic. Who did that and why weren't we introduced. Come on you stick-shifting robot - spill. ;0)

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

If you watch the beginning I put it in the opening as well as in the description

@chrisliddiard725

Жыл бұрын

@@TorieRobot Thank Vicky i saw the description, but I wondered what their story was, how you met, who they were, what they looked like. That kind of stuff. This could be an idea for a remix, or a behind-the-scenes outthrows type vlog, where every other word is 'cut', or 'can we do that again'. (btw Hope you're doing well. Btw Torie is what we call a conservative party member here in the UK. Hence Vicky ;0)

@lanavyfilms

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisliddiard725 that would be meee! Glad you enjoyed the shots ☺️

@chrisliddiard725

Жыл бұрын

@@lanavyfilms Those opening shots were truly magical. That macro view did so much to convey a sense of place. A special 'don't you wish you were here' shot, which in the movies would be called your establishing shot. Without it, this vlog could have been anywhere. Majestic and subjective. Macro and micro. A sense of the Historic, rooted in the now. It's that contrast that makes these vlogs work.

@lanavyfilms

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisliddiard725 very cool insights!

Wait… You visited the Spy Academy from Sniper Elite 5? You truly are a time traveler!!

you don't even need to add gas on 1st gear to drive... just slowrly release the clutch and car will move

Being European it's always funny watching and American struggling to do something I do every day. But now I fear the way we are going manual cars will slowly become a thing of the past.

you look super pretty with short hair❤️❤️

FIAT 500 definitely is not a basic car, despite being compact (European B-class, or class-mini), that is expensive retro style car, basic for example is FIAT Panda. FIAT 500 costs almost as much as to FIAT Pandas, both manual transmission and both mini-class. But as a student great learning abilities get it really fast, maybe because FIAT 500 gearbox is highly reliable for newbies (haven't driven it ever), but great!

Yes, it is the standard in Europa

In Europe this basically couldnt happen I think :D You get your license by driving in the car that belongs to the driving school both during the lessons and the final test. It will always be manual as standard, only if you were to apply for a drivers license thats for automatic only, would your lessons be in an automatic car. So here you either were taught manual in the driving school or you cannot legally drive manual unless you take additional courses and upgrade your license. If you were caught driving a manual car with an "automatic only" drivers license, its like not having a license ..

i loved this video you are fabulous! do you think you will ever make longer videos again someday?

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

I mean this weirdo wasn’t short was it? Maybe I’ll make longer ones and upload less

@lizzzzzzzz

Жыл бұрын

​@@TorieRobot ohh no i wasn't implying anything negative at all, i loved this video. your work is and always has been amazing. i just like long videos, and i just would love to have seen more of you in france

@mikepette4422

Жыл бұрын

@@TorieRobot your videos are just fine. I hate when people put of hour long videos lol maybe I'm just odd but my attention span doesn't make it much past 15 mins

hahaha this was hilarious 😂

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

😁😄

This was stressful but very Relateable learning how to drive manual 😂

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Stressful indeed lmao

@kierstensummer_3353

Жыл бұрын

@@TorieRobot I gotta say you are the only KZreadr ever to consistently reply to comments ❤️🥰 it’s very sweet! You did an amazing job! Reminded me of when I learned manual a couple years ago. Stalling out always made my heart stop 😅

Raleigh driving content up next 🦾🦾

So weird that so many Americans aren't able to drive manual, almost everyone I know here in Germany is driving manual. Automatic transmissions are way more expensive, so I think that's why we go through those inconveniences

@saifrashid8701

11 ай бұрын

Automatics are expensive and not even fun to drive, except in towns with trafic jams you wouldn't like to shift the gears in every few meters distance, also boring. So depending the situations but I mostly prefer manuals

This was fun! :)

You need some brie for that baguette though 😋

It takes a little practice to get good at driving manual. A few jerks and stalls are part of the learning process.

Congrats on learning a manual. Once you get the motions smooth it's easy. I miss manuals.

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

Yes I feel I could catch on really easily

@don-dspid2404

Жыл бұрын

@@TorieRobot She did tell you one thing not really correct. She may have been trying to keep it simple since you were new to it. When you are coming to a stop you don't need to press the clutch until the car slows down to about 25 mpg. The reason for that is you can over rev the engine and burn the clutch out faster. Other than that she was correct.

@lanavyfilms

Жыл бұрын

Good catch! Didn't notice till later but ur right ~ half of my battle was just remembering how to explain this to someone 🤔 lolll

@don-dspid2404

Жыл бұрын

@@lanavyfilms No big deal. I was worried you were going to debate it. Lol. You did a nice job on the filming.

Manual is so easy I don't know why people even complain. I'm so good at I don't even think I just do. I could drink water and eat food and do manual at he same time. Also hills are easy just use handbrake and your good to go.

Visit Tennessee I'll let you drive my manual truck, now. If you want to see some beautiful caves, I got you. But yeah, going caving with a stranger might not be the best decision, I get that. Besides that, driving something with a bigger engine and more beefy clutch is a lot more forgiving. Also, if you can get it moving and into second, you can row through all the gears no problem at that point as you got the hardest part done.

Like the T-shirt says a millennial anti theft device is a manual transmission 😁🥃🚗☁️☁️☁️

Wow, I've never driven a "6"-gear manual shift car in my life. I am so jealous! 😀

@RWL2012

8 ай бұрын

6th just stops the engine doing 3500+ rpm at 70+mph on a motorway or equivalent.

I think the behavior if that priest is what is outrageous. Church is supposed be a place where everyone is accepted, regardless of how there are dressed, look, their social condition, gender etc. Priests are supposed to be welcoming to all and i think Jesus would not have kicked you out lol ❤

I would've been so spooked if that were me, you're a brave woman for doing all the things that you do.

@MartianAmbassador69

Жыл бұрын

The truly brave people were the ones that had to share the road with her

Ahhh. Learning the stick

Ur all those kids r starring little did u know it was cause u were going the wrong way 🤣 🤣 🤣

It's easier to shift from neutral for beginners.

so pretty

O my u went to France! How do you feel? I fucking love France and I wish to stay there😩

@TorieRobot

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t want to live there but it was nice to visit

Beautiful!..........