Let see, when I was 12 my dad taught me on his 3 speed on the column, after a few upps, you get the hang of it. Taught my 3 children and wife how to shift, flat road is best, get good at that then go to Seattle or San Fran and drive the hills with stop lights
When I got my 2013 A4, it was a 6 speed that had been sitting on the lot almost the entire yr, cityites do not want them anymore, can't blame them, stop and go traffic is killer on the left foot, got a great deal on the car.