My first car was a 1966 Mustang GT. With glass packs. I refuse to be a "brand" guy because only morons pigeon hole themselves into one brand.

A Mustang is one Ford I'd be glad to drive.

Cool. You're a proud dad. Nothing wrong with that in the slightest.

Is that a Mustang? Seriously I don't know.

I also owned a 1978 Camaro Z28 that wasn't exactly "stock" and that was a fun car too. The Mustang was red, the Camaro was black.

Two of my daughters learned to drive in my five speed '85 Bronco II when they were 13 or 14. They'd sit in my lap and steer while I shifted and worked the pedals, and eventually they shifted, too. I just told 'em when I was depressing the clutch, and why. After they got to where they could reach the pedals I let 'em go, and they could both drive that thing long before they got their licenses. Proud.

One of them, when she was ready for a car, wanted that Bronco, so we sold it to her.

That's cool. Ray said a 5-speed was fine because we found one and she thought it would be fun to learn to drive it. Mom said no.

I had friends growing up that had Bronco IIs. Those were some crazy little SUVs. They were light and if you had the V6 they were kinda squirrely. But fun.

Pretty cool Dr.

She'll remember this until she's an old granny.

I've always thought girls should at least be able to function with a manual transmission vehicle, just in case something happens and they have to do it. Gives 'em a certain amount of independence, I suppose.

That's pretty cool dad. The first real vehicle I bought with all my own money was a 1984 S-10 4-speed. 4x4. Bought it from Rick Ball Chevy in Boonville, MO, it was about a year old, they repo'ed it from some farmer in Fayette, MO.

And narrow. And short wheelbase. Hang on!

I agree. I understand why mom said no but I want her to learn a 5-speed at some point and she'll be happy to learn it.

Also, with a hand on the shifter and a hand on the wheel there are no hands left to text with...