Kyle and Tim discuss the ultimate car guy rite of passage: learning to drive a MANUAL transmission. Trials and tribulations – and triumphs – of learning stick shift are the focus of today’s show. You can benefit from all our occasionally hilarious mistakes made with three-pedal cars. Today’s show includes our advice for beginners who hope to learn standard transmissions, and we suggest the best types of cars on which to learn. At the end, we recall several of the most memorable manual transmission cars we’ve driven. Stick with us through this episode’s early audio corruption, because it improves as the podcast progresses.