Driving Lessons!

[Tanners Owner]

I taught wy wife and my 2 daughters to drive manual transmissions, and I still have all my appendages.

Simply had them engage the clutch on a low hill and do so often enough until they rolled down hill no more that 6 inches. Usually was able to help them find the clutch point. After that, the rest came naturally.

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[ShadowsPapa]

First wife's first car was a stick, and she was a farmer's daughter - and could operate tractors, trucks, cars, whatever.
Current wife can also drive a stick. She handled my Comanche with 5 speed just fine and handled my '36 F20 fine, too.
My son grew up with manual transmissions and his wife used to drive a truck in Korea (she's maybe 120 pounds and 5'3" or so)
My son says most people his age that he knows can drive 'em but he admits that few younger than him even know about them. We laughed and agreed a stick was a great anti-theft device because thieves are normally younger - and confused by the concept of a manual transmission.
He knows a lot of people who can't handle them and can't see the point.

 

[rr11]

I taught my wife to drive a stick in a 1980 Escort, taught son and daughter with my 74 CJ5 put them in a field and let them work it out saved my nerves.

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