On cars with manual transmissions, when in low gear (typically 1 or 2), why does accelerating and then taking your foot off the gas make the car lurch forward with that uneven, jerking motion?

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Why wouldn’t the car just decelerate smoothly when you take your foot off the gas? And why does it often continue even if you step on the gas again?

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