Q: I have a stick and sometimes its gettin a little hard to go to first and second

asked by on January 15, 2018

Somtimes its gettin a little tuff when driving puttin it into firat or second gear it goes it just get real tuff sometimes im a girl and i dont know what could cause this

My car has 200000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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