Be me

Check the shitf linkage first on top of the transmission, to see if the gear shifter pushes enough for it to go into gear...

>intensive purposes

Posts like that are a diamond dozen.

Check you shifter cable, lubricate it/adjust, check again. Sometimes it is a easy fix.

>"subtle" humblebrag that you can drive stick

it's not a cable shift genius, the shifter is directly attached to the transmission.

I'll check it thanks

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i'm gonna help you out because i feel bad
the phrase you're looking for is "for all intents and purposes"

Good on you for setting him straight. Making an error like that in public could be ruinous in this doggy dog world.