Started full time driving in an 1982 Chevy El Camino, blew the motor and had it replaced with a small block 400, ballsey compared to the stock 305 without a doubt, and without any weight to it...
Learned to drive stick in something similiar to this...
Then got more prctice with my brothers Yugo. $7.00 to fill up the tank and it lasted me 2 whole weeks...God life was good back then.