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Originally Posted by Roger V

It's good that everybody learns to drive a stick trans early in their driving life as you never know when you need to in an emergency. Same goes with the Model A and double clutching. You never know when you're out driving and something befalls your ability to drive it back. My wife just drove 113 miles with fifteen other A's Sunday on our progressive dinner/garage tour. It was a nice relief after I drove 120 miles Saturday with a different club on a color tour.

And how to use the starter and overdrive to drive a car out of a stream bed when the engine quits...

And how to shift when the synchros on a modern tranny go out far from home...