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Old 01-21-2014, 05:18 PM   #36
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I think its important for a kid who's starting to drive to learn in a manual transmission first. It certainly makes things go smoother when they learn from the start instead of getting accustomed to an automatic which then makes learning manual harder than it should.
Meh, I did it the other way around and I disagree. When the whole car is foreign to you, it's more challenging than it needs to be to learn shifting gears. Better to get familiar with the steering, gas, and brake, and then add in the clutch and shifter once you're familiar with those.
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