First ever was my buddies 88 Jeep Comanche, with the horrible peugeot transmission and that awesome jeep 4.0. There was so much slop in the shift linkage and everything was so worn down that my buddy was the only person that could actually drive it. I managed to limp in down the road around the block a few times. Girlfriend taught me the basics again in her f150, but I didn't truly learn until 9 years later when I went out and just bought a manual car, likely one of the first 2014 Ford Fiesta ST's in Oklahoma. Taught myself how to drive stick on the way home with my little bit of knowledge i gained in the past. Man that was a fun car, quick too.