When I turned 16 and was ready to get my permit, my father had a Rambler with 3 on the tree. So that is what I learned on. And I couldn't go for my permit test until I could back up and parallel park.
My father always said "if you can drive an standard, you can drive an automatic. But if you drive an automatic, it doesn't mean you can drive a standard"
Ive only owned 1 auto trans car. Out of courtesy to my , then wife. That car didn't last long (neither did she, really )
They will have to pry my cold, dead feet off the clutch...