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Introductory Manual Shift Course


Shifters LS-04500 – Introductory Manual Shift Course

Become independent from the start!

Learn all the need-to-know skills:

Drive a manual transmission stress-free with simple, logical, easy-to-remember, exercises to develop the most highly-effective, minimal-wear manual driving techniques.

Learn on  carefully chosen, quiet, residential or industrial streets in a clean, late-model, fully-insured, Shifters trainer-equipped vehicle,.

Enjoy 270 minutes of one-on-one, private coaching with your personable and knowledgeable personal trainer using our minimal-intervention teaching methods to foster independent decision-making, right from the get go.

 

Get the proper procedures…

Avoid 5 common mishaps:

  1. Run-away car: With routine start-up, and parking checklists.
  2. Rollbacks: Apply two hill-start methods and when to apply each one.
  3. Parking mishaps: Develop speed precision working for tight spaces.
  4. Tying up traffic: identify and avoid engine stalling before it
  5. Engine damage: Eliminate lugging and stalling once and for all.

Gain these 5 key benefits:

  1. Improved ride quality with smooth starts and shifts.
  2. Effortless corners due to smooth, timely downshifts.
  3. Shorter stopping distances in critical situations.
  4. Optimal useful clutch life – stretch it up to 400,000 km or more.
  5. Recognize faulty clutch symptoms to avoid costly repairs.

“What a difference! By the third lesson I was really learning… Whatever it is, it works.” Nicole Robert – stage actor – Mamma Mia.  

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About the author

Carlos Tomas

Carlos Tomas is President and Founder of Shifters, Canada's first manual transmission driving school. He has taught standard-shift with Young Drivers of Canada, worked with disabled drivers, and even instructed instructors. 

Known for his extreme patience, Carlos helps you how understand the clutch, gets you up-to-speed (all puns intended) quickly, and inspires, with  and an unmatched comfort level that puts you at ease from the start.

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