Don't remember what car she was looking at buying, but my girlfriend wanted the stick shift version.
You can have a manual when you learn to use one, I said. But I've been driving sticks all my life she responded. So my response was "Like I said, you can have one once you learn how to use it".
She still hasn't quite forgiven me for that one - but at least she no longer pushes the clutch in while at a light or something.