Yesterday I had the wonderful experience of driving a manual Fiat up and down a single-lane highway through the mountains of California with a special lady I was trying to impress. Luckily I only stalled the car at two points, but I think stalled it about 8 times at both of those points and that is not an exaggeration. It was fairly emasculating for me, but she seemed to enjoy my shame... I honestly love driving a stick, it's just been years since I had. Which got me thinking that knowing how to use a manual transmission is a necessary life skill and then just today I heard about the Hagerty Driving Experience. Hagerty Insurance has been hosting these summer events across North America in which they bring out old classic cars and set up driving tracks for ages 15-25 to learn this "three pedal waltz" in an attempt to instill younger generations with a love for the manual transmission and classic car culture in general.

Upcoming free driving events are the following cities if you'd like to check them out:

- Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Saturday, July 16, 2016 (Reynolds-Alberta Museum)

- Caledonia, Ontario, Friday, August 26, 2016 (Caledonia Fairgrounds)

- Chicago, Illinois, Saturday, August 27, 2016 (location TBD)

- Tacoma, Washington, Saturday, September 17, 2016 (LeMay – America’s Car Museum)



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