I learned to drive on a 4 speed in my dad's 79 Horizon TC3... He would let us pull it in and out of the garage/driveway when I was 13 years old... Then when my older brother got his license, they took me out in dad's Charger 2.2 that he traded the Horizon in on and let me get more practice...
Then when I got my license, I took my driver's test on dad's 84 Laser with a 5 speed... I had so much time and experience driving that one I wasn't even nervous and passed the driver's test easily...