How are adults supposed to learn to drive stick for the first time? /u/ayyycab No such thing as stupid questions

Every person I know who drives stick says I should learn it. They even say they’d be willing to teach me.

“Sweet, can we use your car?”
“Oh hell no, you’ll wear out the clutch.”

So if I’m basically guaranteed to ruin some car parts in the process of learning to drive stick, whose car am I supposed to do that to? Am I supposed to go out and buy one to practice in? What if I want the skill but don’t necessarily want a manual car right this second?

Surely I’m not the first person to want to learn manual in adulthood.

Every person I know who drives stick says I should learn it. They even say they’d be willing to teach me.

“Sweet, can we use your car?”
“Oh hell no, you’ll wear out the clutch.”

So if I’m basically guaranteed to ruin some car parts in the process of learning to drive stick, whose car am I supposed to do that to? Am I supposed to go out and buy one to practice in? What if I want the skill but don’t necessarily want a manual car right this second?

Surely I’m not the first person to want to learn manual in adulthood.