I bought a Datsun B210 during that time - cost and gas mileage influenced my choice (I was in the army). I drove the stick shift off the lot never having driven a manual. It was a great car, and kept it through college post military.
When I married her in 1980, my wife was still driving a 1974 Datsun B210 stick shift. It was in such good shape that we kept it as our family car until 1985.
On the other hand, I had a friend who got a Chevette in the 70's, which lived up to a comment someone made on the old NPR Car Talk program that, near as anyone could tell, it appeared to have been made out of compressed rust.
I bought a Datsun B210 during that time - cost and gas mileage influenced my choice (I was in the army). I drove the stick shift off the lot never having driven a manual. It was a great car, and kept it through college post military.
When I married her in 1980, my wife was still driving a 1974 Datsun B210 stick shift. It was in such good shape that we kept it as our family car until 1985.
On the other hand, I had a friend who got a Chevette in the 70's, which lived up to a comment someone made on the old NPR Car Talk program that, near as anyone could tell, it appeared to have been made out of compressed rust.