Also, if you're not used to shifting gears, you can find yourself tooling along at 40 mph while in first gear, especially if you have cranked the Rolling Stones up on the AM radio.

Absolutely not. They’d hear me grinding gears all the way to Queen’s Park. It’s not like riding a bicycle, it’s a skill that for novice drivers will be lost with lack of use. If I were to drive a ...

But there's a big exception right now. In Tim Allen's new comedy "Shifting Gears," his character Matt Parker operates a classic car restoration business. "I didn't do it this way in my head.