Manual shift?

[Doctor Woodrow]

Learned to drive an auto at 15, got my license on my birthday, took the Motorcycle Safety Class the next weekend and learned to shift on a little tiny 125cc bike, learned to drive a stick after that in a 1982 Diesel VW Jetta. NO one in the motorcycle class believed that I hadn't ever driven a stick of any kind before. I never killed it until the last day of the three day course. Now my wife and I only drive manuals (and I ride the bike.)
The stick helps my wife to pay better attention while driving, she has mild A.D.D., not really abig problem most of the time, and the manual helps while driving sometimes.

The Doc

[somegirl]

had a stick shift car for a while but had to get an auto bc it was cheaper.

Doesn't seem right.

[geoffduc]

Being a limey it's the norm to drive with a stick shift and on my visits to the states i allways ask for a manual transmission at the airport car rental desk, and boy do you get strange looks from the person behind the desk.When i get out of the rental office i usually sit in the car and watch other english drivers load the trunk and get their families and themselves into the rental car and drive off. Well you will be amazed how many pull away in 1st and then go to change gear into 2nd, the car almost stands on its nose as they hit the brake instead of the clutch pedal    it soon becomes 2nd nature, but boy it sure wakes you up after 9 hours stuck on an airplane.
I'm not usually sadistic but having done it ones self it just makes me laugh