Driver's FAQ

My Dad is learning to drive these days. I've found him a coach and accompanied him through his first lesson. Like almost all other coaches here in China, this coach just told him what to do without explaining reasons. If being asked, he would just say the car wouldn't run properly if you don't proceed as he instructed.

I don't blame him. It reminded me of my days of learning driving. I had to gone through a lot of materials to basically understand how everything is put together, and honestly these are not easy stories to tell. So here I'm trying to explain these different pieces through a series of questions and my understandings. I don't call them answers because they are literally just my understandings and I don't major anywhere near car engineering, so they could very well be wrong. If any of you readers spotted that, please leave a message and I'll be really grateful.

I intend to have my Dad read the stuff some day so I'll go with Chinese.

1. 速度到底是个啥东西？

2. 如果一个东西不受到任何外力，它会咋样（牛顿第一运动定律）？

3. 如果一个东西受到一定外力，它会咋样（牛顿第二运动定律）？

4. 变速箱是干啥的？是不是汽车一定要有变速箱？

5. （手动挡）起步的时候为啥快速离合器汽车就熄火了？

5. （手动挡）是不是一定要用一挡起步？五挡能不能起步？

6. （手动挡）在抬起离合器——保持半联动——松开离合器的过程中，到底发生了什么事情？