I'm going to be having shoulder surgery soon on my left side. My pickup has a m/t. It's going to be interesting to see how I can drive it for 6 weeks. If it didn't have power steering, it would be hopeless.
One thing that's hard to do for drivers untrained with m/t's is getting one moving on a steep hill. My Dodge diesel almost takes the fun out of it. Cummins has what's called ZTL, or zero throttle launch. You slowly release the brake while you slowly let out the clutch. Keep your foot off the throttle. When it starts to stall, the computer takes over and gets it going for you, nice and easy. The ZTL disengages when you push the throttle.
