When I was a car salesman, I sold the, at the time, editor and chief of this magazine a car.

I was young and didn't know how to drive a stick. His office was about an hour from our dealership.

When I arrived, we did the paperwork, and I drove his old car back to the dealership. He tossed me his keys and said, "I hope you can drive stick."

The trip home sucked, but I know how to drive a stick now.