One of my dad's friends owned a golf course, and I worked for him one summer when I was 15. The "truck" he wanted me to use to pick up branches and do other odd jobs around the course was an old Chevy Luv. After my dad dropped me off in the morning, the owner took me over to the truck and asked me if I knew how to drive stick. I told him I'm only 15 and don't have a license. He replied with, "That's not what I asked you." and then proceeded to give me about a 30 second lesson on how to operate a manual transmission. So, that was my first experience driving (and also towing a flatbed trailer). To this day, working on that golf course was probably my favorite job ever, and I've loved sticks ever since. I've owned several automatics over the years, but they bore me. Very glad to be back to a manual with my 944
