[freedumb2003]

>>I learned to drive in a 1952 Chevy pickup, 4 speed. This was in ancient times, mid 1960’s.<<

I learned on a column-shift Dodge (1962 IIRC). If you can shift THAT you can drive ANYTHING.

All my cars in my adult life have been sticks. I prefer them and will select them so long as they continue to be manufactured.

The problem is I travel and rent cars, which are all automatic (with cruise control no less). Returning to my car can cause cognitive dissonance.

[Hoodat]

I learned on a column-shift Dodge (1962 IIRC)

Three on the tree.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

In high school, my best friend had a 1950’s Chevy truck her dad bought her. She taught me how to drive ‘three on the tree’ in that Sear’s green truck and then taught me how to drive ‘four on the floor’ in her orange ‘vette.

(’Course it was a Che-vette.)