> Since we've got a bunch of awesome gearheads commenting, can someone tell me why manual transmission is so easy to stall out? Particularly between say 1st and

> Since we've got a bunch of awesome gearheads commenting, can someone tell me why manual transmission is so easy to stall out? Particularly between say 1st and 2nd (...) It's not easy, only if use it wrong. It's easy to stall going from neutral to 1st if you don't apply enough gas (for instance, if you're on a slope, or the car is loaded), but it will only stall from 1st to 2nd if you're trying to do it from too low RPM (in this case the engine may take a while to stall completely, you can still avoid it by unclutching), or if you work the clutch too fast (the engine stalls right away).