Easiest Way to Downshift Smoothly - Works in Every Manual Car

I passed over 11 years ago and started rev matching about 5 or 6 years ago, but I often get it wrong, so I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one and that someone as experienced as you still occasionaly does too!

I must have watched all of your videos about Rev match-smooth downshift-how to change gears smoothly-heel & toe-double clutching, but despite this and even though I already know and practise all this driving techniques, I'm always amazed and hooked by your words. You are a point of reference for driving, as a driving instructor and especially as a car enthusiast. I owe all my knowledge and skill about driving to you. Thank you.

This guy deserves a Queen’s Gallantry Medal for all his tutorial videos

I learned rev match and heel and toe from your older video. Also my sim racing setup was very helpful with that. I firstly learned how to do proper heel and toe with a virtual h pattern racecar because it is crucial there, otherwise you will have a hard time on corner entry. After that I tried it in my real car. Rev matching without braking was learned rather quickly but heel and toe took me lots of practice. But now I can say that I am able to do it quite well. It adds also lot more fun to my daily commute drives. Thanks for that!

I passed my test yesterday with 1 minor on observation to junction. Your videos have helped me understand driving with a new mindset of being ‘safe’. Thank you! I will remember you my entire life, please continue helping others. You are making a difference!

BRUH. I got my license and they fr didn't teach me how to downshift. I thought it was the same as going up a gear. No wonder every time I did it the car launched forward. These vids are GOATED.

I admittedly have at times been using the clutch to help me slow down (albeit only when already braking usually from 60 to 30 zones). It then occurred to me last night that it might cause extra wear on the clutch. That's why even after having passed my test 18 years back I find it helpful to watch videos like these to find ways I can still improve my driving and hopefully address any bad habits I may have developed!

What I find key about your explanation is that you teach to hold the clutch pedal at the bite point until the speed of the engine matches the speed of the road, and you teach how to judge that using the tac or by sound. What some instructors would tell you is to hold the clutch at the bite point for 4-5 seconds, which will achieve the same effect in some situations, but cause the downshift to be jerky in others. Not only that, it doesn't give the learner the understanding of what is happening and why they are holding the clutch in the first place. The same with moving off — you don't hold the clutch for three car lengths, you hold it as long as it takes the engine speed to match the road speed yet again. Same with stopping — you don't declutch two car lengths before stopping, it's different in every car and gear. You declutch when the engine speed drops to idle and so on. Your explanation is the only correct one. So thank you for your contribution to proper driver education made accessible to millions!

It's Andrew from ibxtoytat! XD What a fun cameo!

I just recently found your channel and I must say it's been a treat to watch all your videos. Been driving for ~12 years (only 2 were in automatic and plan to keep it that way), and I don't think I've felt my driving as smooth and comfortable as of now. The way you explain the basics and techniques makes them so easy to understand and a great refresher for more experienced drivers like myself. Love your content!

i love how you explain things it made learning to drive so much faster when i actually realized what the car is doing underneath

Thank you for all the content you post on manual driving! I started driving manual last year on my own through your vids and they have helped me a ton on understanding it. I can now comfortably drive around without worry because of you and your wonderful teaching methods/instructions! SO thank you again so much!

I wanted to thank you for the videos you're posting. Even though I'm not from the UK and I own my license for over a decade I still feel that watching and then practicing the lessons you teach in here is improving how I drive, making me safer and smoother driver. My driving instructor was pretty good, I really enjoyed learning with him but after watching you, it turned out that I was not taught some really basic things. In this instance, I didn't know I'm suppossed to rev match till someone told me years after getting the license that I shouldn't jerk the car when downshifting and then the only method I knew was to blip the throttle and try to catch the right revs. I was completely unaware that I could hang on the bite point and wait for the revs to match, thinking it would wear the clutch down more then necessary. There's countless things I learned from you so far, and even though the regulations obviously differ, the general stuff you show and the way you eloquently explain it is really helping me out. It is a bit embarrassing to admit how much I have to relearn but ultimately the goal is to drive safely and comfortably, so thank you again for this opportunity.

2:30 in - been driving manual for a year..and no one has EVER EXPLAINED THAT TO ME LIKE THAT. or quite at all. even when I ask “oh you’ll just know” no please explain it to me as if I know nothing at all! bc I didn’t. lol your videos are SO helpful, thank you!

iv'e been using this technique in my 981 cayman and bmw z3 alot. I down shift for practice on purpose and it helped ona. road trip when getting ready to pass on a single 2 lane freeway. Thank you for the video!

im diving in head first and buying a Honda fit 5 speed manual tomorrow, I've never driven a manual before but have some pretty good faith in myself to learn in a parking lot alone after binge watching your videos for the past week. Appreciate your videos a ton!

Thanks to you I have refined even more driving a manual gearbox! Respect 🙏🏼

This is very helpful, I’m looking forward to putting this into practice this week with my instructor and with my car. Thankyou.

At 35 years old I’m learning how to drive a manual for the first time and your videos have been the BEST I’ve found online... thank you!

Your videos are so interesting, I've been driving for almost 2 years and i still find your videos very informative and just enjoyable to watch. ♥️ Almost 700k as well! Happy for you!