Patch smirks, and shakes her head. "All right. Crash course. Three pedals, yeah? Clutch, brake, accelerator." She taps each with her foot as she names it. "You work this one with your left foot, these two with your right. When the clutch is down, it's disengaged, no torque from engine to transmission, this is when you can shift gears. Release the pedal, and you're engaged, this locks your gear in. You do the shifting here. This is a standard H, which is good. Kind of, weird, to find it on an alien planet, I suppose... but good. It's intuitive." Patch presses down on the clutch and the brake at the same time, and moves the knob through its options. "First gear, second, third, fourth, fifth, reverse, and hiding right here is neutral. It's usually not marked. Always make sure you check the pattern in a new car, because if you get a dog leg, reverse will be where you're expecting first, and you'll have a very shitty day. With me so far?"
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