You have great energy & delivery! I’m a driving instructor, we have a small fleet of Jeep Renegades for our students. The manual mode made one of my more capable students final lessons absolutely entertaining and kept him engaged!! He’s determined to master a traditional ‘manual shift’ once he gets his license!!
FINALLLLLY! Someone that gives a very informative, precise demo of how to use a JEEP 9-speed manual shift mode! The others go way off in technical-land to explain and I need a ‘visual demo’ as BJP just did in this video. BTW - ‘dump GoPro’ go with any other camera due ‘failures in battery life’. Keep doing great videos like this to help us understand and most importantly….. LEARN!
This is a great video. I bought a car with this feature and have been looking EVERYWHERE for good instructions about how to use this. Now I feel ready to give this a go in my car.
Driving an automatic transmission car in manual mode is actually really fun. You get to go through your rpms as much as you want and makes the car more enjoyable to drive. Just got a automatic transmission 2014 Chrysler 200s with manual mode and its awesome. It gets and goes. Not bad for a 3.6L v6. If your someone with a disability or other health problem but can still drive without the clutch it comes pretty handy for someone that still wants to enjoy a manual like feel.
@@allianyt I just replaced one on my 2020 INFINITI QX60 because I used only for 2 days,,, immediately transmission started acting different Luckily I replaced it myself otherwise it would cost me thousands Overall if you’re not rich or can’t repair it yourself better stay away from expensive cars especially messing with them like abusing them
I had a 200 with the PentaStar 3.6. That thing was a total sleeper. I loved smoking people in my rental car looking ride! One of my favorite cars I've ever owned.
Excellent job. I know now how to use automatic transmission in manual mode. Thank you, because people don't know what they have. I couldn't get up my driveway with heavy snow. After I learned how to use manual when switching over. Now I went up the driveway with no problem.
this is actually really helpful for a video! i think manual mode is a good little introduction to manual for people used to automatic. i think when i try it in my Mini Cooper itll be fun LOL
Hey man, I recently got a 2018 Kia Rio which has this kind of feature and this video helped out a lot! It was informative and gave lots of detail, which is perfect for someone who doesn't know anything about cars like me! I'll be having a lot of fun with this now, so thank you!
One thing to note is that manual mode acts as a gear limiter. Whichever gear you select, it will prevent upshifts but can still downshift on its own as needed all the way down to a stop. From my experience with Toyotas, if you pop it over to manual mode while driving, it is like disabling overdrive in older cars that predate manual mode. For 6-speeds, it usually defaults to 4th gear. From there you can go up or down as you wish. My 2005 Camry 6-speed auto has 3, 2, and L after D. There’s also an O/D switch on the side of the shifter which is a stand in for 4th. I basically have control of all gears except for 5th which isn’t a big deal but I’ve found specific throttle inputs that can influence the computer to go to 5th and not 6th or 4th if I’m going uphill at a certain speed.
Awesome vid, I just bought a 2020 Mazda3 awd hatch and I have never seen a Manual mode in vehicles until I bought it. The shifter in your jeep is literally identical to the Mazda. I have been testing it out but this helps put things in perspective kinda, still a little unsure about downshifting but I do know not to go to 1st if vehicle is going to fast which seems like anything over 15mph lol.
Thank you for taking the time to show us how to drive in manual with an automatic transmission. I have the exact same transmission in my Elantra and I would love to drive it in manual, but I don’t know how to shift it, as in where is first and second. I know where 3rd or drive is, just by tapping/pushing it left when in drive, but I really need to know where the other gears are, so I’m doing it properly. I couldn’t see you shifting in the video unfortunately.
I had paddle shifters on my 18 accord sport and didn't like it...but then again it wasn't my 18 JGC altitude. Sometimes I would hit them while turning or by accident! 😳 Not good!😆 I prefer the way the jeep is setup...seems more realistic. Although nothing compares to driving a real manual transmission. Thanks for the videos I've learned alot..keep up the good work 🤍🙌
With manual mode, I try to keep the car running between 1.5K and 2.5K RPM, which suggest fourth gear on my six speed automatic with sport mode if I am going 40 MPH at fastest between signal lights. The computer would not allow me to use sixth gear, anyway, even if I wanted to. Fifth gear is rarely the fastest gear that I use. It's normally either sixth gear if I am driving fast on the highway or fourth gear if I am only driving in town between signal lights. What I like about manual mode in automatic transmissions is that I get to apply high gear limits without overusing lower gears for in town driving. I have driven a four speed automatic overdrive transmission in its D3 mode for in town driving to 40 MPH at fastest and even then, it seemed too noisy for me, but that was only because D3 mode would hold second gear for way too long before shifting into third. D3 would not shift into third until around that same speed when D4 would shift into fourth, which defeated the purpose of why I would pick D3 over D4. That D3 was not designed just to block out fourth gear for in town driving. It was designed more for limiting my speed in conditions when I would need to be in lower gears, not to exceed 50 MPH and I can hold second gear at around 30 MPH in D3, but I wanted the car to shift to third gear much quicker. That is why I left it in D4. I have never driven a six speed automatic with high gear limits, except in manual mode, where the number, displayed on my gauges shows the actual gear that I am in. That is the only reason why I would use low numbers. Otherwise, I would just stick with higher numbers if those represented high gear limits and not the actual gear that I am in. Lately, I have only been driving in town, 40 MPH at fastest, from signal light to signal light, so that is probably not the place to use the sixth gear of a six speed automatic as a high gear limit. I'd be going too slow for sixth gear, anyway. What if we have a six speed automatic where we can use fourth or fifth gear as a high gear limit and just let the machine shift all the lower gears on its own? Would it hold lower gears longer or would it shift like normal and just leave out the top gears? All cars are different.
Oh thank goodness! I’ve been looking for this kind of video. I came across a car like this and have been curious as to the difference between the clutch and no clutch manual driving. Every other video is a car with a clutch. But this was very informative and easy to understand. So now I know in case I come across another one and give it a try. Thank you!!!
Thanks for all the great videos. I think you can change the steering wheel settings so it shows what gear its in when in DRIVE. It should show "P", "R", "N", "D", "1-8" even if not in manual mode. That way you can see what gear it's in when the RPM's change and take note at about what speed it changed. Also, you need to slow down... I see your rear wing spoiler and bumper sticker from WISH flew off, lol. Keep up the good work!
I have a Volvo with a 5-speed automatic, and I find that manual mode is basically an automatic transmission, where you can tell it what gear to be in. I find it useful in 2 cases, both because a car with an automatic transmission tends to accelerate and shift into its highest gear, and sometimes you don't want it to. One case is going downhill; it's useful to switch it over to Manual, and kick it down one gear, so it stays higher in the rev range, and uses engine braking, so you can control the speed with the accelerator pedal. The other case is when you get stuck behind The Person Who Won't Drive Over 40km/h (who I always catch up to, no matter where I'm driving) The car wants to speed up to about 60km/h, so to avoid repeatedly hitting the brakes, so you don't crash into the car ahead of you, just pop it over into Manual Mode, and select a gear appropriate for the speed the person ahead of you has (inexplicably) chosen. This at least makes it fun to drive your car far below the speed limit. I don't find it useful for upshifting, going through the gears like you would with a manual transmission, and frankly, you can't outperform the computer, choosing the optimal time to shift. Sorry buddy, you've been replaced by a machine. The only thing it can't do, that you can do better, is look ahead and anticipate. Like when the highway undulates downhill, and there's a curve at the bottom, so you don't want to be hitting the brakes as you enter the curve. You can manual-shift it down a gear, and use engine braking so the car doesn't speed up, and you're already going the right speed when you reach the curve
great video video i plan to send pics of my Grand Jeep Cherokee Black Hi Altitude Outland 2018 soon.I had the truck 2 months today I drove the manual soon much fun...thanks
Hyundai's Shiftronic is said to be safe to use in manual mode and downshifting is supposed to be ok, they literally say it in their shiftronic web page
Question for you: Would I be able to drive this on the Mountains? I know this doesn't have a 2 or L gear. Which gear would I be able to switch it to? Hope that makes sense.
Mine is a 2011 Hemi with the 545RFE 5-speed. That thing was quite clunky when it's in manual mode, and it honestly works more like a gear range selector than an actual manual transmission. The downshifts are a bit tricky and undetectable since the car would slow itself down attempting to match the gear it's going into, feels almost like I'm bogging the engine. Though it's good for winter driving since it works like an engine brake where you wouldn't need the brakes to slow down
You should be able to keep your food on the pedal whenever, it’s an automatic and should catch if you’re going too crazy. Just make sure your RPMs aren’t too high
Only when you’re slowing down a lot! It’s mainly about keeping your RPMs in a good range. I’m going to be making an updated video with paddles in the next few weeks so make sure you sub’
I put my 8 year old automatic into manual for the first ever and by accident. Driving through the lot leaving work, something didn't feel right. I pulled out onto the street picking up speed to 25 mph, car felt heavy, loud engine, and high RPM. Something was definitely wrong. I made a U-turn and drove back to the lot with emergency lights. Looked around noticed the gear was set into M instead of D. Doh! My previous car was a real manual with clutch. I would never drive an automatic in manual mode but was worried that I put unnecessary wear on the engine. Seems gimmicky if I can say so myself. Glad to know there are fail-safes if I had floored it on the street instead of turning back.
Thanks so much for this video... at 35yo you'd think I'd know how to drive standard... this video really helped, im glad someone made a nice video to help us less knowledgeable peeps. I looooove my audi q3 plus, but morning traffic and the occasional ricer... I need to know how to send it! Thanks, keep making videos. No negativity here, unless you're doing 65 in on the highway in the passing lame 😉
I pulled a camper with our 2019 Grand Cherokee, and felt like if I could manual shift I could bring the rpms down. I assume I have to start out in manual mode and not just pop it over ? Same to switch back to automatic? Great video!!
I tend to shift at 3k rpm at normal cruising speed but when I give it a bit more gas then I'll shift at 4k rpm. I don't go any higher than that especially on first gear.
Just noticed in this video that your missing the twist knob behind the shifter. Downhill decent button, the knob that switch’s between auto, sand, snow mode.
I just switch mine to manual so I can down shift going down a hill and use the engine because constantly using your breaks going downhill will kill your breaks
Hi everyone, is there a way to know if I'm driving on a 4WD low/hi position? I think my car is in a low position, because I feel the power of the engine, any help will be appreciated.
My Mercedes-Benz C230 starts in 4th for some reason. Maybe they do that so if you’re in the middle of driving you don’t mess up the transmission going straight to 1st? After you put it in Drive you have to hit it 4 times to the left to put it into first
For someone who has an older auto, with a torque converter, a few things to know if you decide to take control over a conventional auto. There is something called torque converter shudder or warping, do not lock it in a gear and over rev. This causes excessive damage to the torque converter and u will feel it shudder hard getting close to the rev limiter. Some conventional autos will not like using the towing gears to shift. My 1997 cougar with a 4 speed slush box and o/d allows me to select every gear manually but 4th and it does it smoothly, I can even downshift smoothly to second with a little gas, but don't reccomend going from 3-1 or 4-2, that's how u strip gears, and never neutral drop. I've seen this trend around and it's stupid to say the least. Your torque converter has a set stall, just apply the breaks, add a little bit of gas until u start to feel ur wheels spin, that's where ur stall is and u want to launch right before that. Never rev an auto in neutral then throw it into drive, if u don't destroy the trans the first time it still will cause major damage. Also if u have a dual clutch auto, without launch control, be weary of applying the breaks and accelerator for long, you will burn up your clutches quick, if u want launch control for your dual clutch, dct, whatever its best to get that tuned onto it instead of causing damage forcing it to do what it's not designed for.
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I’m confused about the downshifting. I understand the RPMs part but do you press the break as you’re downshifting, or do you just let the car slow down on its own only by downshifting, then hit the break?
Nice video, I have an automatical manual transmission and I have been drive mainly in manual mode for the past few months. When I change gear I take my foot off the accelerator for about a second since there is still a clutch engaging between changes. If I keep my foot on the accelerator and change gear my car loses revs between each gear change.
Ik this is a year ago but so I have a Dodge Dart with that manual mode, in automatic when I take a turn and accelerate I don’t feel myself pressing any harder than I would be if I were to go striaght but rpm’s rise to around 3ks and you can tell the car wants to shift but it like idk if it struggles to but after it shifts it has this little kick to it and drives good after it like pushes me forward and kinda launches ig? Im not really sure when I’m going straight tho it’s always 2-2.5k rpm’s is when it shifts. Ik this has nothing to do with Manual but if you or anyone has some information abt this I’d like to know ir
Just found out my car has this option. Been having fun figuring it out but my question is that is there a wrong way to downshift it? Like can you downshift too fast or too slow, downshifting at wrong moments, anything like that? Im not a very knowledgeable bout cars but im slowly learning.
I wish you would've filmed using manual mode during driving, not while stationary, so I could see how to shit gear in lower speed. I only once tried the manual mode while on the highway and when I had to slow down at a roundabout I didn't know how to shift into a lower gear and my car start giving ugly sounds and I abandoned the manual mode.
Thanks so much for this Vid. I just purchased a car with this a was nervous playing around with it... Q though.. I live in Colorado and love driving in the mountains... On my old Rodeo I'd use second gear to go down steep grades... Does this work the same way??
Have a Hyundai tuscon 2005... just got it and never driven with automatic gear before.. Can i shift from Autom to manual. while th car is moving?? From D or N ?
Does your jeep automatically go up? I have a 2010 mazda and it will automatically shift up or down in manual mode to prevent damage to the car. I liked driving that way in the winter to take advantage of the engine braking but now I drive a real manual :p nice vid!
I’m learning how to drive this and manual, so I’m still a noob but if your automatic car has this feature, you can only switch from automatic to manual when at full break right? Like let’s say I come to a stop at a highway and want to switch to manual, my car is able to do this but if I switch from automatic to manual it won’t let me perform that action right?
Hi I am puzzling in driving my Mazda Cx-5 down slope. When switching into the manual mode and trying to keep it slow using the minus gear, it appears running faster with greater engine noises , eventually I need to use the brake. Grateful if anyone advise the more better driving habit. Otherwise, I prefer using the automatic all the way.
If you put the car into manual mode it's going to stay in the same gear you were in. It won't let you downshift to a breaking point - most of the SRTs etc with paddles allow you to enable them and hold the left paddle to drop into the lowest gear possible for instant power
@@BJPLIFESTYLE So true it is safe then to take the car out of automatic and But it standard/tip tranic. And gear down right?? My car don't have paddle I gear down using the shift lever.
I have a 2019 camaro RS vert w/ 385 hp, I win all my races in manual mode. I only get burnt by hell cats audis and BMWs. Lexus are tough. Mustangs, chargers, challengers, Nissans get burnt .
He’s got a 2021 it’s different screen and has other newer features, my friend has one. I have a 2018. His screen is better I’m thinking of upgrading my 2018 to the 2021 screen if possible, headlights too
Hi! I’m hoping someone sees this. I accidentally engaged the manual mode and now under the “d” on the dash it shows the numbers Increase/decrease. How do I get my jeep out of this mode? It does this even in drive. Prior to me hitting the shifter it stayed at “5” under the “D” on the dash.
Why did Jeep decide to be different than most other cars. I have had manual mode in a few other cars and downshifting is shifting the lever down towards you. Jeep did the opposite - downshifting is pushing up on the shift lever. Very unintuitive to me.
I just got me one ..got a question i noticed on the dash of you Cherokee there's a a with a ⭕ and ! I have the same what is that for is that supposed to stay on
There’s no specific RPM you “have” to shift at. Lathe average is around 2000-2500 but in manual mode you can go higher in RPMs for power. I’ll be making a new better version of this video soon, make sure to subscribe for that!
Think of everything in reverse, when you downshift the RPMs will go up and cause engine braking - just listen and feel the car and as you’re slowing down slowly drop gears when it feels right without the RPM skyrocketing
Why does it seem like no one ever relates the shifting to the mph youre going? For me I noticed at around 15mph I shift up which takes me to 20mph (equalling 2000 rpms) then moving towards 30 takes you to 3000 and so on so forth
What about the other way around? Can you go from automatic into manual? Will it know what gear to start in? Like the same gear it was in when it was automatic mode?
Manual............... Who the heck dont know the difference between manual and automatic or a clutch petal and rpms..... What I didn't know is that TWO position shifter placement and or it's functions on my 2018 Cherokee and I had it for 8 months. Today I drove it and the shifter went into that inner notch without me noticing it then when I got home I tried to put it park and it wouldn't move, took me 5 minutes to figure out that TWO position shifter placement, I had to just slide the sifter towards passenger side a little THEN the shifter slide right into park........ Someone needs to make a ten minute video on just that TWO position shifter placement, out of a dozen videos at least you made a quick mention of it, I had no idea my Cherokee could be driven like a standard...........
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You have great energy & delivery! I’m a driving instructor, we have a small fleet of Jeep Renegades for our students. The manual mode made one of my more capable students final lessons absolutely entertaining and kept him engaged!! He’s determined to master a traditional ‘manual shift’ once he gets his license!!
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FINALLLLLY! Someone that gives a very informative, precise demo of how to use a JEEP 9-speed manual shift mode! The others go way off in technical-land to explain and I need a ‘visual demo’ as BJP just did in this video. BTW - ‘dump GoPro’ go with any other camera due ‘failures in battery life’. Keep doing great videos like this to help us understand and most importantly….. LEARN!
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This is a great video. I bought a car with this feature and have been looking EVERYWHERE for good instructions about how to use this. Now I feel ready to give this a go in my car.
Driving an automatic transmission car in manual mode is actually really fun. You get to go through your rpms as much as you want and makes the car more enjoyable to drive. Just got a automatic transmission 2014 Chrysler 200s with manual mode and its awesome. It gets and goes. Not bad for a 3.6L v6. If your someone with a disability or other health problem but can still drive without the clutch it comes pretty handy for someone that still wants to enjoy a manual like feel.
So you will be looking for a new transmission
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Ahh I didn't think my bmw had it until now but now it's in the shop but do I let off the gad when I'm downshifting
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I just replaced one on my 2020 INFINITI QX60 because I used only for 2 days,,, immediately transmission started acting different
Luckily I replaced it myself otherwise it would cost me thousands
Overall if you’re not rich or can’t repair it yourself better stay away from expensive cars especially messing with them like abusing them
I had a 200 with the PentaStar 3.6. That thing was a total sleeper. I loved smoking people in my rental car looking ride! One of my favorite cars I've ever owned.
Excellent job. I know now how to use automatic transmission in manual mode. Thank you, because people don't know what they have. I couldn't get up my driveway with heavy snow. After I learned how to use manual when switching over. Now I went up the driveway with no problem.
this is actually really helpful for a video! i think manual mode is a good little introduction to manual for people used to automatic. i think when i try it in my Mini Cooper itll be fun LOL
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Hey man, I recently got a 2018 Kia Rio which has this kind of feature and this video helped out a lot! It was informative and gave lots of detail, which is perfect for someone who doesn't know anything about cars like me! I'll be having a lot of fun with this now, so thank you!
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I got the same car lmao it’s treated me so well , fast as hell too for a little kia
One thing to note is that manual mode acts as a gear limiter. Whichever gear you select, it will prevent upshifts but can still downshift on its own as needed all the way down to a stop. From my experience with Toyotas, if you pop it over to manual mode while driving, it is like disabling overdrive in older cars that predate manual mode. For 6-speeds, it usually defaults to 4th gear. From there you can go up or down as you wish.
My 2005 Camry 6-speed auto has 3, 2, and L after D. There’s also an O/D switch on the side of the shifter which is a stand in for 4th. I basically have control of all gears except for 5th which isn’t a big deal but I’ve found specific throttle inputs that can influence the computer to go to 5th and not 6th or 4th if I’m going uphill at a certain speed.
Awesome vid, I just bought a 2020 Mazda3 awd hatch and I have never seen a Manual mode in vehicles until I bought it. The shifter in your jeep is literally identical to the Mazda. I have been testing it out but this helps put things in perspective kinda, still a little unsure about downshifting but I do know not to go to 1st if vehicle is going to fast which seems like anything over 15mph lol.
Glad it helped!!
Dude I loved the new awd mazda3's, how is it?
Thank you for taking the time to show us how to drive in manual with an automatic transmission. I have the exact same transmission in my Elantra and I would love to drive it in manual, but I don’t know how to shift it, as in where is first and second. I know where 3rd or drive is, just by tapping/pushing it left when in drive, but I really need to know where the other gears are, so I’m doing it properly. I couldn’t see you shifting in the video unfortunately.
I had paddle shifters on my 18 accord sport and didn't like it...but then again it wasn't my 18 JGC altitude. Sometimes I would hit them while turning or by accident! 😳 Not good!😆 I prefer the way the jeep is setup...seems more realistic. Although nothing compares to driving a real manual transmission. Thanks for the videos I've learned alot..keep up the good work 🤍🙌
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Very good explanation. Now I feel confident to drive in Manual mode.
With manual mode, I try to keep the car running between 1.5K and 2.5K RPM, which suggest fourth gear on my six speed automatic with sport mode if I am going 40 MPH at fastest between signal lights. The computer would not allow me to use sixth gear, anyway, even if I wanted to. Fifth gear is rarely the fastest gear that I use. It's normally either sixth gear if I am driving fast on the highway or fourth gear if I am only driving in town between signal lights. What I like about manual mode in automatic transmissions is that I get to apply high gear limits without overusing lower gears for in town driving. I have driven a four speed automatic overdrive transmission in its D3 mode for in town driving to 40 MPH at fastest and even then, it seemed too noisy for me, but that was only because D3 mode would hold second gear for way too long before shifting into third. D3 would not shift into third until around that same speed when D4 would shift into fourth, which defeated the purpose of why I would pick D3 over D4. That D3 was not designed just to block out fourth gear for in town driving. It was designed more for limiting my speed in conditions when I would need to be in lower gears, not to exceed 50 MPH and I can hold second gear at around 30 MPH in D3, but I wanted the car to shift to third gear much quicker. That is why I left it in D4. I have never driven a six speed automatic with high gear limits, except in manual mode, where the number, displayed on my gauges shows the actual gear that I am in. That is the only reason why I would use low numbers. Otherwise, I would just stick with higher numbers if those represented high gear limits and not the actual gear that I am in. Lately, I have only been driving in town, 40 MPH at fastest, from signal light to signal light, so that is probably not the place to use the sixth gear of a six speed automatic as a high gear limit. I'd be going too slow for sixth gear, anyway. What if we have a six speed automatic where we can use fourth or fifth gear as a high gear limit and just let the machine shift all the lower gears on its own? Would it hold lower gears longer or would it shift like normal and just leave out the top gears? All cars are different.
Oh thank goodness! I’ve been looking for this kind of video. I came across a car like this and have been curious as to the difference between the clutch and no clutch manual driving. Every other video is a car with a clutch. But this was very informative and easy to understand. So now I know in case I come across another one and give it a try. Thank you!!!
Thanks for all the great videos. I think you can change the steering wheel settings so it shows what gear its in when in DRIVE. It should show "P", "R", "N", "D", "1-8" even if not in manual mode. That way you can see what gear it's in when the RPM's change and take note at about what speed it changed. Also, you need to slow down... I see your rear wing spoiler and bumper sticker from WISH flew off, lol. Keep up the good work!
Appreciate the kind words! Yeah the spoiler ripped off from all the downforce lol
I got I 2005 Toyota Highlander for my first car and today I successfully drove it in manual mode through heavy traffic
I have a Volvo with a 5-speed automatic, and I find that manual mode is basically an automatic transmission, where you can tell it what gear to be in. I find it useful in 2 cases, both because a car with an automatic transmission tends to accelerate and shift into its highest gear, and sometimes you don't want it to. One case is going downhill; it's useful to switch it over to Manual, and kick it down one gear, so it stays higher in the rev range, and uses engine braking, so you can control the speed with the accelerator pedal. The other case is when you get stuck behind The Person Who Won't Drive Over 40km/h (who I always catch up to, no matter where I'm driving) The car wants to speed up to about 60km/h, so to avoid repeatedly hitting the brakes, so you don't crash into the car ahead of you, just pop it over into Manual Mode, and select a gear appropriate for the speed the person ahead of you has (inexplicably) chosen. This at least makes it fun to drive your car far below the speed limit. I don't find it useful for upshifting, going through the gears like you would with a manual transmission, and frankly, you can't outperform the computer, choosing the optimal time to shift. Sorry buddy, you've been replaced by a machine. The only thing it can't do, that you can do better, is look ahead and anticipate. Like when the highway undulates downhill, and there's a curve at the bottom, so you don't want to be hitting the brakes as you enter the curve. You can manual-shift it down a gear, and use engine braking so the car doesn't speed up, and you're already going the right speed when you reach the curve
Love the content man. Simple and straight to the point. Good energy. Subscribed and will follow along 👍
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I wanted to learn this and the first video that comes up is my Jeep , nice
Hope it helped! I’ll be doing an updated better version soon!
When coming to a stop, should you downshift? Amazing video!
great video video i plan to send pics of my Grand Jeep Cherokee Black Hi Altitude Outland 2018 soon.I had the truck 2 months today I drove the manual soon much fun...thanks
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A Do Not engine brake
B The reason to downshift in automatic is to increase torque
C Check to see if this is safe function in your car
Hyundai's Shiftronic is said to be safe to use in manual mode and downshifting is supposed to be ok, they literally say it in their shiftronic web page
Question for you: Would I be able to drive this on the Mountains? I know this doesn't have a 2 or L gear. Which gear would I be able to switch it to? Hope that makes sense.
Mine is a 2011 Hemi with the 545RFE 5-speed. That thing was quite clunky when it's in manual mode, and it honestly works more like a gear range selector than an actual manual transmission. The downshifts are a bit tricky and undetectable since the car would slow itself down attempting to match the gear it's going into, feels almost like I'm bogging the engine. Though it's good for winter driving since it works like an engine brake where you wouldn't need the brakes to slow down
When downshifting to create more create more torque do you keep your foot on the gas while downshifting or let go of the gas while downshifting?
You should be able to keep your food on the pedal whenever, it’s an automatic and should catch if you’re going too crazy. Just make sure your RPMs aren’t too high
BJP LIFESTYLE am I supposed to have my foot on the brakes when I downshift or what do I do?
Only when you’re slowing down a lot! It’s mainly about keeping your RPMs in a good range. I’m going to be making an updated video with paddles in the next few weeks so make sure you sub’
I put my 8 year old automatic into manual for the first ever and by accident. Driving through the lot leaving work, something didn't feel right. I pulled out onto the street picking up speed to 25 mph, car felt heavy, loud engine, and high RPM. Something was definitely wrong. I made a U-turn and drove back to the lot with emergency lights. Looked around noticed the gear was set into M instead of D. Doh! My previous car was a real manual with clutch. I would never drive an automatic in manual mode but was worried that I put unnecessary wear on the engine. Seems gimmicky if I can say so myself. Glad to know there are fail-safes if I had floored it on the street instead of turning back.
Well you clearly weren’t doing it correctly…
“I don’t wanna hit these bumps…”
Proceeds to hit the bumps
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I can’t believe people actually need this video
Thanks so much for this video... at 35yo you'd think I'd know how to drive standard... this video really helped, im glad someone made a nice video to help us less knowledgeable peeps. I looooove my audi q3 plus, but morning traffic and the occasional ricer... I need to know how to send it! Thanks, keep making videos. No negativity here, unless you're doing 65 in on the highway in the passing lame 😉
Glad it helped!
I pulled a camper with our 2019 Grand Cherokee, and felt like if I could manual shift I could bring the rpms down. I assume I have to start out in manual mode and not just pop it over ? Same to switch back to automatic? Great video!!
Lmao, glad to know other people call it a prndl too
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Lol I was in my Toyota and I was thinking what’s this S+- next to the Drive. Thanks for the explanation. Someday I’ll mess with it while driving.
Bro how do you not know u have sports mode🤣
Dude this helped a ton. Thanks a lot!
Glad it helped!!
I tend to shift at 3k rpm at normal cruising speed but when I give it a bit more gas then I'll shift at 4k rpm. I don't go any higher than that especially on first gear.
can u pop in back an fourth while driving between drive and manual? and also when u downshift do u have to press on the brake?
Just noticed in this video that your missing the twist knob behind the shifter. Downhill decent button, the knob that switch’s between auto, sand, snow mode.
Yeah! Altitudes come with or without it lol I happened to get one without it which means it has active 4wd similar to an AWD stystem.
That’s also in older models but they still use them in certain new models just not Loredo or 2wd limited x
This is really cool thank you!
"Just waap on them" 🤣
I just switch mine to manual so I can down shift going down a hill and use the engine because constantly using your breaks going downhill will kill your breaks
thanks for the great video
Hi everyone, is there a way to know if I'm driving on a 4WD low/hi position? I think my car is in a low position, because I feel the power of the engine, any help will be appreciated.
Very informal, Thanks.
Great vid, thanks!
My Mercedes-Benz C230 starts in 4th for some reason. Maybe they do that so if you’re in the middle of driving you don’t mess up the transmission going straight to 1st? After you put it in Drive you have to hit it 4 times to the left to put it into first
For someone who has an older auto, with a torque converter, a few things to know if you decide to take control over a conventional auto. There is something called torque converter shudder or warping, do not lock it in a gear and over rev. This causes excessive damage to the torque converter and u will feel it shudder hard getting close to the rev limiter. Some conventional autos will not like using the towing gears to shift. My 1997 cougar with a 4 speed slush box and o/d allows me to select every gear manually but 4th and it does it smoothly, I can even downshift smoothly to second with a little gas, but don't reccomend going from 3-1 or 4-2, that's how u strip gears, and never neutral drop. I've seen this trend around and it's stupid to say the least. Your torque converter has a set stall, just apply the breaks, add a little bit of gas until u start to feel ur wheels spin, that's where ur stall is and u want to launch right before that. Never rev an auto in neutral then throw it into drive, if u don't destroy the trans the first time it still will cause major damage. Also if u have a dual clutch auto, without launch control, be weary of applying the breaks and accelerator for long, you will burn up your clutches quick, if u want launch control for your dual clutch, dct, whatever its best to get that tuned onto it instead of causing damage forcing it to do what it's not designed for.
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I’m confused about the downshifting. I understand the RPMs part but do you press the break as you’re downshifting, or do you just let the car slow down on its own only by downshifting, then hit the break?
I’m currently sitting in a parking lot trying to figure this out so I can have some fun 🤣
did you figure that out?
No you don’t press the brake, you just downshift when you’re slowing down, I just drove my rover in manual mode 🙂
So if you wanna downshift, do you brake or just let go of the gas?
Northern Thrift is there now.
Nice video, I have an automatical manual transmission and I have been drive mainly in manual mode for the past few months. When I change gear I take my foot off the accelerator for about a second since there is still a clutch engaging between changes. If I keep my foot on the accelerator and change gear my car loses revs between each gear change.
Ik this is a year ago but so I have a Dodge Dart with that manual mode, in automatic when I take a turn and accelerate I don’t feel myself pressing any harder than I would be if I were to go striaght but rpm’s rise to around 3ks and you can tell the car wants to shift but it like idk if it struggles to but after it shifts it has this little kick to it and drives good after it like pushes me forward and kinda launches ig? Im not really sure when I’m going straight tho it’s always 2-2.5k rpm’s is when it shifts. Ik this has nothing to do with Manual but if you or anyone has some information abt this I’d like to know ir
Thank you!!!!!
And how do you know when to downshift gears?
I have a Jeep grenade and the trsnsmission forgets when to shift once it warms up lol so I do this to make sure it at least shifts before 3k
Can you use cruise when in sport?
Can you for example set the manual transmission to 5th gear or 6th, so the car doesn’t shift to a higher gear?
Damn so I’ve been fucking up my transmission….. 😂
That’s what I’m saying . Like you can’t downshift or what? That’s kinda stupid I think you can in a auto . Shouldn’t hurt it downshifting at all
When coming to slowing down. What do i do? Im lost 😂😂 in a fiat 500😂 while down shifting to a stop can i use the brake?
How do i know when to downshift, and which gear do i put it in when stopped?
1st but it will click down gears eventually anyway
@@jye_24 do you downshift going uphill?
Just found out my car has this option. Been having fun figuring it out but my question is that is there a wrong way to downshift it? Like can you downshift too fast or too slow, downshifting at wrong moments, anything like that? Im not a very knowledgeable bout cars but im slowly learning.
Wait so when you switch in to automatic mode, it’ll change its gear by itself?
When you have a perfectly good dishwasher but you wash everything by hand in the sink.
Every house I have ever lived in has had a dishwasher…and never once have I ever used a dishwasher. I don’t even know how to use a dishwasher
@@SaturnTubes You put a soap pod in and you hit go. That's it.
@ it’s never that simple
I wish you would've filmed using manual mode during driving, not while stationary, so I could see how to shit gear in lower speed. I only once tried the manual mode while on the highway and when I had to slow down at a roundabout I didn't know how to shift into a lower gear and my car start giving ugly sounds and I abandoned the manual mode.
can u tell me when to downshift
My best tip is to drive in auto mode and feel & see where it shifts on the RPMs to figure out a good place to shift and work from there!
You can down shift at any time . It will not hurt it at all. You just shouldn’t slow down downshifting , but you can downshift to speed up and stuff
So no revmatch for downshifting?
when coming to a stop should, lets say im in second gear, should i come to a complete stop and remain in second? or should i downshift to first?
Thanks so much for this Vid. I just purchased a car with this a was nervous playing around with it... Q though.. I live in Colorado and love driving in the mountains... On my old Rodeo I'd use second gear to go down steep grades... Does this work the same way??
You can use the manual mode to climb steep grades, yeah!
So does manual mode risk your transmission?
Not really, it's hard to mess it up enough to do damage
Have a Hyundai tuscon 2005... just got it and never driven with automatic gear before.. Can i shift from Autom to manual. while th car is moving?? From D or N ?
Does your jeep automatically go up? I have a 2010 mazda and it will automatically shift up or down in manual mode to prevent damage to the car. I liked driving that way in the winter to take advantage of the engine braking but now I drive a real manual :p nice vid!
Is that a rear wheel drive ?
AWD
What if I tap the gas while I downshift to make it downshift firmer
What should i do with the gas paddle when i shift up or down
Do you have to press on the brake pedal before shifting the stick from D to M?
No
Can I drive in sport without shifting?
Sport mode doesn't have to be in manual mode in the Jeep!
@@BJPLIFESTYLE I have a bmw 528i
Do you let off the gas while shifting ?
Does this apply ro chevy sonic
The basics of it will apply for any vehicle!
What jeep do you have
I can’t shift higher than 3rd gear manually should i be worried
Can u use the manual mode on all roads, i've been told you use it if you drive on something steep but i think that not true
That’s a great use of it 🤙🏻 it allowed you to utilize the engine braking to not heat up your brakes
What would happen of you shift from auto drive into manual on the freeway whilst moving, or would it lock you out of that option?
Just don’t do that if ur going to do auto for a trip stick to it
I’m learning how to drive this and manual, so I’m still a noob but if your automatic car has this feature, you can only switch from automatic to manual when at full break right? Like let’s say I come to a stop at a highway and want to switch to manual, my car is able to do this but if I switch from automatic to manual it won’t let me perform that action right?
In automatic cars you can switch to manual mode at any point, you don't have to be stopped.
@@BJPLIFESTYLE ah okay thank you, I just wanted to make sure I wouldn’t harm the transmission
You’re mostly good in the automatic with manual mode, there’s so many failsafes to prevent transmission issues
Hi I am puzzling in driving my Mazda Cx-5 down slope. When switching into the manual mode and trying to keep it slow using the minus gear, it appears running faster with greater engine noises , eventually I need to use the brake. Grateful if anyone advise the more better driving habit. Otherwise, I prefer using the automatic all the way.
Hey is it safe to take the car out of D or drive when moving fast then put the car into Semi-automatic and gear down fast???
If you put the car into manual mode it's going to stay in the same gear you were in. It won't let you downshift to a breaking point - most of the SRTs etc with paddles allow you to enable them and hold the left paddle to drop into the lowest gear possible for instant power
@@BJPLIFESTYLE So true it is safe then to take the car out of automatic and But it standard/tip tranic. And gear down right?? My car don't have paddle I gear down using the shift lever.
When I put manual in mazda demio the mpg is lower
How do i put it back in
I have a 2019 camaro RS vert w/ 385 hp, I win all my races in manual mode. I only get burnt by hell cats audis and BMWs. Lexus are tough. Mustangs, chargers, challengers, Nissans get burnt .
Prindal, classic 🤣
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I recently just bought a 2018 Jeep GC, how do I get the screen to be blue like yours? Mine is orange :)
Nice!! Just go into the menu settings and there will be a spot for "themes"!
@@BJPLIFESTYLE thanks I went thru that before but didn’t take notice to the blue ones! :) thanks!
He’s got a 2021 it’s different screen and has other newer features, my friend has one. I have a 2018. His screen is better I’m thinking of upgrading my 2018 to the 2021 screen if possible, headlights too
How should I come to a complete 🛑
Slowly downshift making sure your RPMs don't hit too high
@@BJPLIFESTYLE thanks man but I already figured it out. Now I'm dropping gears with ease
Hi! I’m hoping someone sees this. I accidentally engaged the manual mode and now under the “d” on the dash it shows the numbers Increase/decrease. How do I get my jeep out of this mode? It does this even in drive. Prior to me hitting the shifter it stayed at “5” under the “D” on the dash.
Why did Jeep decide to be different than most other cars. I have had manual mode in a few other cars and downshifting is shifting the lever down towards you. Jeep did the opposite - downshifting is pushing up on the shift lever. Very unintuitive to me.
So it's a sequential?
Just a standard automatic but I guess the shifter is similar to a sequential gearbox when using manual mode
I just got me one ..got a question i noticed on the dash of you Cherokee there's a a with a ⭕ and ! I have the same what is that for is that supposed to stay on
It's that circle with the ! On it
ok my car has that if I go on the highway and I use the manual at how many revolutions do I have to change?
There’s no specific RPM you “have” to shift at. Lathe average is around 2000-2500 but in manual mode you can go higher in RPMs for power. I’ll be making a new better version of this video soon, make sure to subscribe for that!
Woijd it be the same thing for a q50
It should be similar for everything
@@BJPLIFESTYLE what about for slowing down bro you inspires me just with one video and I was trying it but I don’t get the slowing down
@@BJPLIFESTYLE will I mess up my trans if I’m on the 3rd gear ans slowing down
Think of everything in reverse, when you downshift the RPMs will go up and cause engine braking - just listen and feel the car and as you’re slowing down slowly drop gears when it feels right without the RPM skyrocketing
@@BJPLIFESTYLE so even when you are hitting the break the rpms will shoot Up?
Why does it seem like no one ever relates the shifting to the mph youre going? For me I noticed at around 15mph I shift up which takes me to 20mph (equalling 2000 rpms) then moving towards 30 takes you to 3000 and so on so forth
Because most of us have different transmissions, and the gear ratios will yield different results regardless of identical rpm.
Can you go from manual back to auto without completely stopping?
Yeah, you don’t need to stop or slow down at all just pop it back over to auto
@@BJPLIFESTYLE oh ok great. Hey thanks so much for responding. Great video by the way. I'm practicing my shifting with it lol
What about the other way around? Can you go from automatic into manual? Will it know what gear to start in? Like the same gear it was in when it was automatic mode?
@@sbond1963 That is what i wonder too.. have not dared to even use the gear yet....
@@goymedhundDogtrainingBehavior I just tried yes you can
Manual............... Who the heck dont know the difference between manual and automatic or a clutch petal and rpms..... What I didn't know is that TWO position shifter placement and or it's functions on my 2018 Cherokee and I had it for 8 months. Today I drove it and the shifter went into that inner notch without me noticing it then when I got home I tried to put it park and it wouldn't move, took me 5 minutes to figure out that TWO position shifter placement, I had to just slide the sifter towards passenger side a little THEN the shifter slide right into park........ Someone needs to make a ten minute video on just that TWO position shifter placement, out of a dozen videos at least you made a quick mention of it, I had no idea my Cherokee could be driven like a standard...........