Around 1987 i bought my first stick as a 19 yr old.
It was a Beautiful looking gold 1980 Z-28 with T-Tops and a 4 speed manual.
bought it off a former teacher of mine, i had never driven a stick before but i new the basics.
When it was time to drive it home i found that it was very difficult to get it moving in 1st without stalling.
I was getting pretty frustrated but eventually got it moving.
a few miles down the street i pulled over to get some gas, the attendant came up to me and said “do you know that there is smoke pouring out of your back wheel wells?”
I got out of the car and i was like wtf?
Then i realized the the whole time i had the emergency brake on..
DUH!!!
My previous two Camaro’s were automatic transmissions and i rarely if ever used the emergency brake.
Really loved all 3 of those cars they were very Nice especially the silver 78 Z.
Then i went to a Supra Turbo 5-speed and never looked back..