In high school I had a '66 Mustang with an automatic. My buddy had a '77 Celica Fastback with a 5-speed.
One day he said, "Let's trade cars for the afternoon!" I said sure. He jumped into my Mustang and took off.
I hopped into his Celica and realized I had never driven a stick before. It took me all of about five minutes to figure it out.
“I hopped into his Celica and realized I had never driven a stick before. It took me all of about five minutes to figure it out.”
If you were like me back then, you knew the principles behind clutch and tranny operation (so you know what needs to be done, just got to get the coordination going), and you also weren’t a woman.