It is much harder than it looks! Learned it in my Dad's Hummer H3 (yeah, that's right) and it took me a while to get the hang of it. Eventually, I was able to start the car and take off with very little bucking of the car. I practiced for about 20 minutes before I decided to go home and take a brake. I stalled it a few times but who wouldn't their first time. In the future I plan on buying a Chevrolet Cobalt SS and it only comes as a manual transmission so I've got some work to do. Once I get te hang of it I'm gonna rub it in my friends' faces. :D