How do you personally change gears in a manual transmission?

Posted by Raalf@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 316 comments

I have heard multiple people tell me different ways they drive their manual transmission. 1. lift off accelerator, depress clutch fully, change gears, release clutch, reapply accelerator 2. Keep accelerator steady, depress clutch fully, change gears, releas clutch. 3. Keep accelerator steady, partially (or not at all) depress clutch, match RPM (how the hell is this known besides 'feel'?), change gear. I know I'll hear a joke or two about granny shifting and double clutching, but I want to see how others drive. I'm a #1 myself, but that's because I had no one to properly learn from. Any experiences are good experiences here for me!