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What will happen if we shift gear of a standing car without pressing clutch?

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What will happen if we shift gear of a standing car without pressing clutch?

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You don’t say if the engine is running while you do this. If the engine is not running, then you can probably get it into gear. The gears will mesh and the shifter will move into position as if the car is normally running. The engine will then be coupled to the wheels but it won’t go anywhere. If the engine is running, attempting to shift into any gear will give you a grinding sound from the gearbox and you probably won’t be able to get it into gear. If you keep doing this, the grinding will do very bad damage to the gearbox and you may never be able to use that gear again, and you may break the gearbox so nothing works again. Attempting to enter a gear while the engine is running and car is stationary is asking for the gearbox to do the job of the clutch, which it is not able to do. The whole point and use for the clutch is to allow the gears to mesh first, and then gently releasing the clutch will drive the car into motion and quickly the clutch can be fully engaged, foot off. If you

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