My grandparents had a '89 Ford Escort they used to tow behind a motor home to Arizona in the winter. They got too old to make the trip, so they gave it to me as a 16th birthday present.
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Five-speed manual. It was fun. I am the only person under 40 I have ever heard of learning on a stick, not an auto.
Traded it and cash to my father for a Camry, and then he sold it. Still on the road in Boone County.
My dad made me and my siblings learn to drive a manual before we could get our licenses. I hated it.