The writing titled “Learning to Drive a Stick Shift,” written by Allie, talks about her experience learning to drive a manual transmission. Her writing left me feeling surprised. I didn’t realize that driving a manual could be as difficult as the author makes it sound. Allie claims, “By the end of the first week, I had begun to regret my hasty decision to go manual and thought of giving up.” Her situation seems like extra unneeded stress. I was also surprised at the small price that her lease was going to cost. The author also writes, “I could lease it for only $99 a month (considerably less that what I was planning to negotiate).” I would also agree that that sounds like cheap lease.