It is recommended that you ‘block’ gears down. Which means to skip gears and not change down through each gear (5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st). You can block gear

  Thumb facing upwards with your palm on the left of the gear stick. Push to the right and up to 5th. Make sure that you’re constantly pushing to the

  This ones a little easier. Thumb facing upwards and pushing the gear stick straight down without moving it left or right.

  Changing to 3rd from 2nd is almost a two-step process but it can be easy as long as you don’t force it. This time your thumb will be facing

  To change up from 1st to 2nd, use your palm with your thumb facing down. Hold the gear stick to the left and move it downwards to 2nd gear.

  Use the palm of your hand on the side of the gear stick so that your thumb is pointing down. Move it left and then upwards to 1st.

  Neutral is no gear and it’s the line running horizontally across on the diagram. When in neutral the gear will always spring left and right. You can check this

You won’t have the luxury of looking down at the gears when you’re driving, so make sure that you memorise from the diagram on top of the gear stick where