[ryanianian]

> no education do it all around the world every day

I taught myself to drive stick on a rental car. It was probably extremely obvious to other cars that I had no idea what I was doing. Grinding gears, over-revving the engine especially in reverse, and stalling at every full stop. That would catch any cop's eyes. But to your point, after 3-4 hours I got the hang of it and was no longer attracting attention.

But to parent's point: A thief who doesn't drive stick is almost certainly going to prefer stealing an automatic.

[millzlane]

Did you teach yourself to drive it without ever seeing one driven?

[ryanianian]

I had ridden in manuals as a passenger. I watched some youtubes and understood the general principle, but it was sink-or-swim learning. Pretty unsafe to be honest, but this was in a pretty remote area, and the car was a very forgiving Japanese micro-SUV.

[chrisseaton]

Ever seen someone shift a gear in a movie?

[kube-system]

I'm not sure hollywood has the best instructional material: https://youtu.be/NFQgO4LScWA?t=25