ORIGINAL: kramtrah
Yep, the first car I learned to drive on was my sisters AMC Spirit. A piece of crap car (even though she got it new), but was where I learned the real bunny hop until I got things down. My other sister had a Datsun 280z with a manual, and my brother had a cool Mazda 626. Manuals certainly aren't for everyone, but learning one is like riding a bike, you always get it from that point forward.
and AMC spirit is an awesome car to talk about as you get older though, no? not many mopar guys can say that theyve driven one...