"I'm not worried that you'll run into anything, I'm just worried that I'll suck at teaching you, and have to send you to somebody else to fix my mistakes." After all it had been a while since she taught anyone anything.
Unbuckling her belt she slid across the bench, to sit closer. Pointing to the little dial just behind the steering wheel. "The P stands for park, the R stands for reverse, the N is neutral, and the D is for drive, the OD isn't important, but it stands for over drive. You use this lever," she touched the stick at the side of the wheel, "To switch it between each. But to go into anything other than neutral you have to press down on the break. So push it down to the floor, and pull the lever toward you and down till the arrow points to the D."