Learning to drive probably not, but learning to shift gears? It should be pretty quick.

The most difficult part of driving is not even the machine itself but traffic.

Learning to shift gears while on traffic and without letting the engine die is one of the hardest parts of learning how to drive (together with parking). Granted, I'm a lousy driver, but it's the same for most people I talk to: letting the engine die is the top reason for failing driving tests.

Perhaps it's just Brazilian cars being bad, but I doubt it.

No, it really is pretty easy. I learned on a '85 VW Jetta manual. Took a couple tries to figure out, then it wasn't an issue.

There are some cars that have very touchy clutches, but most are just fine.

What's the top reason for people failing driving tests? Down here it's letting the engine die while switching gears and failure to park

That seems unlikely. Driving testing is like a lot of public certifications. You fail because you're unsafe.

https://yogov.org/blog/most-common-reasons-people-fail-their...

https://www.insurethebox.com/what-are-the-most-common-reason...