[joecal]

It just takes a little practice. I remember learning how to drive stick on the way home from a used car lot. I took a lot of side streets and the gear shifter was a chrome handle so I didn't know the shift pattern. That was a long time ago in my first car a 1969 Opel Kadett Rallye, good memories though. I went from 1st to 2nd and back to 1st instead of 3rd gear, that was embarrassing especially with a car behind me.