 I wonder how many people know that kids with ADHD have car accidents with greater frequency than their non-ADHD couterparts?  Research has demonstrated this to be fact.  It has also demonstrated that adolescent drivers do better in cars with manual transmissions vs automatic.  With my ADHD-inattentive type soon-to-be-driver in mind, I decided to get a car with a manual transmission.  I learned on one when I was 16 and loved it!  The decision itself might not have been bad--getting a car with a manual transmission.  What was bad was the choice of vehicle.  The Hyundai Elantra has a six-speed transmission.  Unfortunately reverse is RIGHT NEXT TO first gear.  There is no way to tell, from the instrument panel, which gear you are in after you come to a stop.  Initially this was quite unnerving but I quickly figured out, if I pushed the clutch in as I was coming to a stop, I could not shift into reverse accidentally.   However, even after 25 months it is difficult to tell, if I forget to do this, whether I am in reverse or first.  The other issue is that second gear sticks frequently and badly.  But only about half the time.  And no.  This does not happen because I don't have the clutch in all the way.  The other thing that is lousy is the tires Hyundai puts on their new vehicles.  I have now had three Hyundai's--Accent, Elantra, and Sonata.  On all three the tires were seriously worn by 20 to 25k miles.  On the current vehicle, the Elantra, the two front tires are bald and I am getting ready to replace all four.  The upside on the car is the fuel economy.  When driving on the highway I generally get close to 40mpg; in the city 30 to 32 mpg reliably.