I almost drove a Porsche

My church co-sponsors a local outreach called Serve the City. There is a BBQ every Monday night, where people can come eat, kids can play, and families can get free clothes. Families can also sign up on a 'needs' list. Our church collects food and other materials (e.g., diapers), and, once a month, delivers items to the families who've signed up. Collection is on the first weekend of the month, while sorting and delivery is on the following Saturday. We use the coordinator's driveway to the sort items.

'Can you drive a stick shift?' She asked me.

'Yep'

'Do you mind moving this one out of the way?' (Another volunteer and I had already moved two other cars out of the way.)

'Sure. You know you're letting me drive a Porsche, right?'

It took me 3 minutes to figure out how to move the seat so that I could reach the pedals.

{What is with Reverse being right next for First Gear? Are all German cars like this, or just Porsche? I am sooo missing the logic of this gear shift arrangement}

I couldn't move the car backwards. Not to mention my nervousness due to a) driving someone else's Porsche, b) the line of food next to the driver's side that I would need to not hit, and c) the increasing number of people arriving to help sort.

So the owner moved her car.

Missed it by that much.