My oldest brother taught me to drive Manual/stick back in 1986. In Columbia, MO at the time, there was this truck stop with restaurant that had their drive on a hill that was all gravel. It is now paved. He taught me using the RPM gauge as he knew I could not hear the motor. Also, he would not let me keep the keys to my new truck until I could navigate that drive and pull out without spinning gravel. Took a few tries (15) but I made it. At that point he had me drive him home and he gave me the keys to my 1984 Ford Ranger. It was new to me at the time. Got rid of the 1977 Cutlass SS that had a pin-hole leak in the radiator.