Please help me with my shifting...

Hugoneus

I have had my car for 9 months now. I have driven another manual car before (admittedly nothing with this much power), but I just can't shift properly on this car for the life of me. As a result, I can't enjoy the car as much I would like. Don't get me wrong, I would not want an AT, I just want to be able to use this MT properly.

For example, (lets just ignore for a moment that starting the car from standing still smoothly is hard enough) I get going in first gear, hit about say 5000 RPM. So at this point:

The clutch is fully up of course, the gas pedal is partially pressed down, I do this:

Lift my foot completely off the gas and toward the end press the clutch down. Why does my RPM go up momentarily? Anyhow, then I shift, and now the gas pedal is all the way up, the clutch is pressed and I try to slowly release the clutch (no gas), and I still feel a bump! WHY GOD WHY! As a result, I bump forward and then I slow down a lot, anyhow... Please give me exact step by step instructions. I would really appreciate t.

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2010 Cherry Black Nissan 370z + Black Interior + 6MT
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