[Does so]

I learned on a column 3-speed. Overdrive looked like a tiny hand brake.

Later, I had to drive a column 4-speed, with reverse forward and down. Then along came the VW beetle, whose 4-speed layout made sense; still, reverse was press-down, left, and back. My 1971 VW Camper was (and today, is) the same.

Then I bought a Porsche 914/6, [901] 5-speed, where first gear was left and back. A friend’s Porsche Turbo was different yet again. Some were 5-speeds—some were 4.

:-/

My 1991 BMW [318is] and my present 1995 Nissan Pickup [D-21] are conventional 5-speeds.

Long live the standard gearbox!

;)

[T.B. Yoits]

Mazda, as late as 1994, made a 5-speed column shift in their "Delica Space Gear" minivan.

Here's a fun 8-minute video from webcaster Eric Go showing the ins and outs of driving one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycX7pvKRMos