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new here as well....I found just going up and down the street for an hour the day we got it the right amount of time. practice starting and stopping, move up to the gears, and downshifting....Both the wife and I grew up knowing how to drive stickshift, she finds it easy to get up and down through the gears based on the sound and feel of the engine. The second time out, we both ended up driving around the subdivision (stop signs) nice curves and turns....Yesterday, I must have put my set of extra balls on..I ventured out on the main road out of town and ended up throwing about 35km on it...The key is practice doing the things you will need to do all the time...stopping and starting, with confidence.....as you gain confidence try something new.