It is generally acknowledged that learning to drive in a car fitted with manual transmission is a little bit more difficult than in a car fitted with automatic transmission. Obviously the learner has to deal with clutch control as well as all the other things that are important when driving a car. On the plus side, it is generally accepted that a driver has more control over a car with manual transmission in terms of acceleration and controlling it in wet and icy conditions. Most manual cars return about the same fuel consumption as modern automatics which was not the case until fairly recently when manuals were considered to be more economical than automatics.