u/MajorBarracuda8094

My stops are abrupt. My dad has taught me brake and clutch and that l can stop at any speed. My stops however are far from smooth because l don't want the pickup to start shaking. I'm so confused really. The other day l tried partial clutch then brake then full clutch and the stop was prefect but that's not the proper way and just might be wearing out the clutch

I usually stop in 2nd gear, rarely 3rd gear and 1st gear in certain situations.

In my country, it's rare to have a female driver that is confident on the road. (don't ask my why such an outdated mentality exists but l guess you have to blame the women holding traffic and the guys who think they're top notch for that). It's even rarer for a woman to be a 'skilled ' driver much less a manual one. My mom has been driving way before l was born and she ticks all the boxes.

I remember a few years ago, in my early teens, my mum and l were coming from a church located on the hill. She was driving a manual Hiace , the low top narrow ones, and it is a relatively low van. She was turning in the middle road and got stuck in a ditch on the slope.l don't know why that happened but she probably had a lot on her mind at the time. I don't 't know how many years l have to be able to pull it off but she did. This amazing woman rocked the vehicle back and forth (think of the bouncing bmw cars but doing it with going in gear and out) and got us out there. Something like that a auto couldn't have gotten out of that if it didn't have the "bouncy" mode; probably needed something to pull it too. It also helped that it was an awd. Wasn't interested in manual back then but that there still amazed me.

Edit from draft: I made this without realizing it was mother's day lol

https://preview.redd.it/fpyf1iorisxg1.jpg?width=1826&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8a6a22b9e7f80e689c99fe1eef1145bf2a9317e

https://preview.redd.it/kcziiiorisxg1.jpg?width=731&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=758720ee9b683a7199e1bfb7a307d0e4801828f0

I know it's supposed to do offroading kind of awd? My dad has used it a couple of times whenever l was stuck. It's a 2006 Toyota Hilux d-4d . My dad isn't going to teach me to use it or at least tell me how to; at least for now . It's Japanese version if l'm correct? Cars in my country are rarely from America, except for the few RAM1500 l have seen among others.

P.S Don't mind the picture quality, my dad leaves very early, so l had to turn on flash to take the pic on a tablet's camera before he leaves. Also the vehicle isn't as dirty as shown here since the guy has OCD for his vehicles.