My wife is also 60, she swears that she was originally taught by her father to hold a car on a hill by slipping the clutch.... and she has driven manuals all her life. I told her that she would be responsible very quickly for a very expensive clutch replacement on the mini if she did that. Once I told her the cost I think she got the message.

 

I might believe or agree if I was still driving my 1972 Buick Grandsport 455 4 spd. Clutch sets were $110 back then and a buddy and I could change it in 2-3 hours.

 

Exactly, she learnt to drive in her grandfathers 1960 Ford Falcon with "3-on-the-tree". Her mantra was (is) "real women don't drive automatics". Shocked many salesmen when they tried to put her in an automatic over the years.