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I learned to use a clutch by learning to ride motorcycle before I learned to drive a car. A lot of these stories are old history to me, including the anti-theft device. I handled a car-jacking back around 92 where the teen used a shotgun to jack a Jeep Wrangler. He got mad when he could not get it moving and shot the tire when he jumped out. I also remember being amazed the first time I drove an M151 Jeep in the Army. Yep, they hid that starter button alright. And one of the weirder trucks I test drove was a new 2007 (I think) Volvo. It had the new at the time autoshifting transmission. Just to really confuse the younger guys, you had to use the clutch to start and stop, but then it shifted by itself through the gears.

I am surprised no one mentioned old motorcycles though. Before 68, British bikes had the shifter and brake on opposite sides from American bikes. This also reversed the shift pattern from down to get first and then up for the rest to up to get first and down to upshift. That was confusing to learn. Fortunately, I never tried to drive one of the antique Harleys with foot clutches and a stick shift, though I thought they looked cool.