I started at the age of 9,(1950) driving an very old John Deer..delivery hay to the dairy stock..or cutting hay or baleing it, cutting grains, my Dad had just had a stroke..then 9 yrs later, in my senior school year, my counseler said "drivers ed" and i got stuck doing something that made me go get a paper license (beginners license) then told the instructor i had been driving 9 years already on the back roads with farm equipment...his comment was this is "Stick Shift" drive.....a Chevy, 4 - door hardtop...he sorta turned grey that year....! That's my story, sticking to it. ~Linda~ Willow Creek, CA.