From: djb@invalid.com   
      
   On 01/01/2026 19:21, Richard Smith wrote:   
   > Hello all.   
   > Don't know if this is worth a chortle.  Given a lot of you in North   
   > America.   
   > Here in the UK, getting a hire-car, they asked   
   > "Would you be alright with an auto-transmission car - are you used to   
   > one?"   
   > (You couldn't rental a stick-shift car in the USA could you ?! - else   
   > it would be a bad idea?)   
   > Best wishes and a happy new year   
   > Rich S   
   >   
   I learned to drive in the US in 1982 and we did a couple of evenings on   
   a stick shift to get a basic introduction to them but the rest of the   
   training was on an automatic and the license didn't differentiate like   
   it does in the UK. I've driven automatics here in the UK but not so much   
   recently and when I had an automatic as a loan car they should provide   
   them with a strap to restrain the left leg as it's too easy to forget   
   it's an automatic and end up doing an emergency stop hitting the brake   
   pedal where you're accustomed to the clutch being.   
      
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