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Originally Posted by Scott Douglas

Funny, I just finished reading that not 5 minutes ago and here it is.
I can't wait to see how the 'realistic-feeling fake manual transmission' on that Toyota is received.
I taught both my kids to drive in stick shift cars before they were allowed into an automatic.

The first 2 cars that I drove were manual trans cars. Dad said "today we're going to take you out in the Grand Prix." "But I don't know how to drive an automatic. Can't we just stick to the stick?" LOL!

I taught our son to drive a manual. I'd have liked to taught the daughter, but she's always owned autos, and when she was learning, that wasn't what we had. She has driven manuals, and says she can manage, but since she's never had one as a daily, she would need practice to be good at it.