My mum was in the Australian Army during WW2, driving trucks and buses around the country.
She learnt all her driving and car maintenance craft from the army.
Double de-clutch on a hill was one of the major tests at Bandiana Base in Victoria.
I learnt it, because if my mum could do it so could I...
When she came out of the army, her civilian license was endorsed with all her army license endorsements.
In the late 60's my mom used to drive the local CFA fire truck (Austin Truck) into town for its regular service, a great drive as my brother and I would go along.
Tom...
PS, My latest purchase 512GB SSD to replace the crashed HD in my works laptop.