All my kids learned to drive my 5 speed focus. They are the rarity that is for sure.
I just traded a 5 speed manual Focus - one of the best shifters I have driven. Glad I didn’t get the horrible dual clutch auto. Always thought Ford should have put the 6 speed manual that they installed in the ST into the regular Focus. A taller highway gear would have been nice.
I learned to drive a stick on an 84 Pontiac Sunbird on the floor. Next up a 3 speed on the column Ford Econoline cargo van, that was fun! Last stick I owned was a 1995 Nissan pickup truck that was the sweetest shifting stick I ever owned and it would absolutely fly.
I tried to teach my wife who isn’t 5 ft tall to drive the cargo van and Nissan. The clutch was so heavy she couldn’t get it depressed enough to change the gears and it was a 6 cylinder you had to work hard to stall. With the Nissan she wasn’t coordinated enough to do the let off gas, clutch, shift, let off clutch and hit gas again. It was like riding a bucking bronco and I gave up.