I just drove stick for the first time today, and it was actually really fun. Once it got rolling, thing got easy (well, about as easy as they will get in an 80's Mazda Pickup). Drove from a movie store to the house, about 8 miles, full of twists, turns, stops, and goes. Mom said I did good. I'm not even going to try to give advice on it, I'll just say, it's way more fun than an auto, IMVHO
