My daughter is 32, so is 29.
When I taught them to drive, after learning the basics with an automatic, I taught them to drive a stick as well.
Daughter was not happy. I told her that I required that she learn to drive a stick, She asks why. I explain that some day she might be on a date and the guy gets drunk and he has a stick. I want her to know how to drive a stick well enough to drive home safely.
Today she only owns sticks and enjoys driving them.
I also taught them how to stop if the hydraulic brake system fails, because I discovered that my brake pedal was on the floor at 65 mph once.
I taught them how to start the car in gear and then shift without using the clutch, just in case the clutch fails. Daughter lost the clutch southbound I5 approaching Grapevine at midnight once. She knew what to do. Do you?
We do not normally have food or blankets in the cars, but we do for ski trips, just in case they close the passes.
I have never carried a V belt or radiator hose. Just never expected that to fail.
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