paddy partners howdy partners today's video is going to be very
nerve-wracking it's a unique video i'm scared as you can tell we're in the car right now in
a car right now we're not in diego right now we're not in diego at the moment
sorry for all the diego fans out there diego's back at home today we're trying something
interesting for those who don't know i'm american for those of you who don't know i'm american
basically in america my car is on the left-hand side where i'm sitting now in the uk it's on the
right-hand side another difference with driving in america is most cars are automatic whereas here a
lot of the cars are manual so sam thought it'd be a good idea to teach you how to drive in the uk
so let's get out and i'm going to show you what car we're in i mean monica you've been here for
about a month or so now and uh monica's feeling a little bit kind of claustrophobic stuck at home
you're having to rely on me to go places you know grocery grocery store
go to the parks go for a walk whatever it is so um i kind of bought monica a car meet louie guys
this is louie don't know how often we're gonna use louie but you know what if today goes well
he could be my new friend he's a voxel courser and he is a manual that's what i'm working with here
today oh i'm scared again see the driver's side is over there so it's going to be very different
all right let's get in let's let's have a bit of a carpool karaoke position kind of thing going
now did the bird poop come with the car yes i i actually paid 10 pounds extra for the bird poop
what we're gonna do today is we're gonna try my american fiancee tries to drive a british
car this is gonna be not only am i on the opposite side of the road but i'm also
having to do this thing using this thing there's an extra break down here
okay so i don't know what that is it's called the clutch the clutch i don't know how to use it so
manual cars or stick shift cars as you americans call them um they're pretty rare in america but
they're very very popular in the uk we've got a little gear stick so these are five gears that
you can see on here so that's reverse gear one two three four and five and then there's three
pedals down here so that's the accelerator and this is the clutch brake in the middle and clutch
on the on the left hand side okay so you use your left foot for the clutch and your right foot for
the brake and accelerator before you turn on the car you need to wiggle with your stick to
make sure it's in neutral because it can stall if it's not firstly put seat belts on because yeah
are you nervous yes i'm very nervous okay when you start it so you push your foot all the way
down on the clutch okay and then you twist your key now you can set your foot for clutch because
it's in neutral okay it's not going to go anywhere because it's in neutral when you first want to go
you got to remember to take the handbrake off all right and when you first get going you push
the clutch all the way in okay it's all the way in okay it's halloween you wiggle the gear stick to
first gear now so to the left no no that's third so wiggle it's for left and then okay do not
take your foot off a clutch because if you do it will stall so what you want to do now okay don't
press the accelerator and just pull the clutch out very very slowly until you feel the bite
you'll know what i mean there you go you feel that yes we're moving now you accelerate a tiny bit
we're moving and pull your foot off the clutch fully oh my gosh you did it straight away
remember if you stop put your foot on the clutch first otherwise the car will stall
if i stop yes so now go to second gear so push for clutch all the way in
that's fourth there you go now what the bite find the bite and accelerate there you go
i'm actually doing it wait now what just keep chilling keep going you're on the right hand side
of the road though honey we drive on the left so clutch in clutch in break put it in neutral okay
wiggly make sure it's in neutral and now you can take your clutch you just drove a manual car oh
that was actually not bad right yeah that's just getting hot in here because i'm really nervous
honestly so far it's not that bad yeah i actually i didn't stall don't you say people usually stall
so you're going to do what's called a 3.10 yes i know what that is okay sweet say let's hope it's
not like an austin powers you're going to want to go back and forth is stuck so okay clutch all the
way in clutch is in first gear to the left and up okay pull the clutch out very slowly
and you're going to full lock to the right until the bite yeah okay accelerate tiny bit
okay i can't see him and then remember clutch in when you brake okay clutch in brake camera slid
and then you've got to push up the button okay keep the clutch in okay clutch in break okay
so pull the button up and you put it into reverse which is all the way to the left hand side and up
in a tiny bit so you push the bike too hard because you have the brake on
whoa wait break off remember it slides it it slides you're not on an automatic
it rolls okay so feel the feel the bite and then you can release the break
because you have the clutch in it's okay it's okay do not freak out
okay keep the brake on yeah find the bike with the clutch okay no no okay stop
remember clutch goes in when you brake tiny bit more clutch in break okay first gear no
no that's third i can't tell there you go off the brake and onto the accelerator and make the turn
and now stick it neutral break neutral and now handbrake pull it up that was really good only
stalled one time okay should i drive us home it is right there you feel confident enough driving
inside i think so are you sure because remember you're gonna go across a busy road yes and once
we get off this private road we're onto a busy road let's try it if you're confident okay so
clutch all the way in watch all the way in break break we're going first and then the third first
not break off you're just rolling on you there we go you rolled then i knew it you're going
downhill yep there you go yeah i'm just a pro remember you're on the right-hand side of the road
thank god this is a private road when you get to the end of the road
clutch break clutch and then brake so now we're on a regular road as you can see guys
my house is directly over there we're on a regular road now okay so you're going to want
to edge forward a tiny bit are you sure you feel confident doing this yes that's my girl
clutch back in because there's a car for them the hedges you can't even see anything
i'm driving us home no one's coming you're good okay accelerate onto the clutch into seconds okay
that's it accelerate again remember to stay on the left hand side of the road
how are you yes i know how to drive here okay and you know the turning for the house
find the bite and accelerate look at you you guys see diego okay
all the way and then break and off first gear out of first gear handbrake on
you just did that how do you feel i feel like a new woman i feel like a brit
i swear you picked that up so easy well done oh my gosh i'm so proud of you you need to go anywhere
else i could take you okay we've done one more run and we're going to try driving to my old village
which is going to involve going 60 miles an hour at one point 60 yep okay you're going to
meet people you're going to come across people that's my nightmare right now you're gonna go
on a hill stuff like that let's do it if i get scared if i get yeah i need my glasses to make
myself feel confident remember if i get scared we could pull over and you could take over okay
okay there's a car coming up all right so you're going to need to indicate to go around them
so i would flip down to second when you get nearer oh there's people behind me
go on you want to remember to turn okay you feel comfortable going through the village yes okay
just remember to stay on your side of the road just keep going slowly okay this turn coming up
you can make it in seconds if there's no other cars coming the other way okay so indicate now
i would flip down to first so clutch in in first gear okay go go go you can do it and accelerate
okay okay and it's a second in second that's four okay accelerate okay all right i'm in
second baby and into third when you're ready all right smashing this and remember to accelerate
okay look i'm you i have to thank everybody he thinks i'm a normal driver oh yeah he does
just remember to stay on your side of the road all right because i've noticed you veered over
a couple of times sam look at me they think i'm a normal uk driver you are a normal uk
driver apart from when you swipe to the right hand side and i have to stop you you can start
speeding up and then you put it into fifth gear oh i've never been in fifth gear there you go
well done you're smashing this i'm blending in i literally look like a brit i can't believe we're
only just doing this now i know right why didn't we do this years ago don't hit the porsche nice
i like this little road no one's around i don't like when people are around me i start to panic
how are you are you okay i'm nervous for the car and i'm i'm nervous no i'm nervous that you're
going to slam into a hedge but other than that i'm feeling really confident about your driving
just be careful of this fence when you go okay clutch all the way in yep get right to the end
oh and there's cows hi i come to see you i do whatever fun fact guys this is my old house
the sunstone one hello okay i'm gonna let everybody go first it's hot in here
okay okay when you're ready here we go it's okay it's okay clutch in yeah clutch all the way in
excellent i'm really sad there she goes no no no you got his head i stalled again everyone's still
sometimes it's okay we're gonna need to practice a few more times but i feel like i got the hang of
the hang of it mostly yeah 100 we only stalled once you smashed that you did you actually did
so much better than i anticipated i thought this would end up with you crying and stalling 20 times
inside i was crying i had the most gorgeous teacher helping me
by the way guys we made sure we did everything fully legally okay like
we made sure monica's license works in the uk we made sure she has a relevant insurance for the car
all that kind of stuff like don't worry we made sure it was all done legally oh gosh that was
like that was actually right now you make sure it's in manual i like when you turn off the car
there you go smashed it what do you guys think and which of you guys have ever tried driving
a manual or a stick shift before it's different with the road like i didn't realize how close i
am today i just think it was hilarious how are you concentrating so hard on the actual driving that
you were on the right hand side of the road for the whole time i'm actually so proud of you thank
you you did amazingly all right guys i really hope you enjoyed this video it was a bit different yeah
definitely different than what we usually do you happy i am your freedom mobile thank you
guys for watching okay thank you so much guys i really hope you enjoyed watching this video
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