The first pedal's not a brake. It's the clutch. It doesn't occur to him that she might know it as something else though, so this is going to get interesting.

'Yeah. Handbrake an' footbrake.'

He points again to make sure she knows - the lever between the seats? Handbrake. Pedal on the right, footbrake. He wants her to be really clear on how to stop, preferably without driving his car into some rubble.

'An' that there is the gearstick. You always start in first. So...' He pulls the lever into neutral. Not everyone leaves a car in gear when they stop, though he does.

'...when you can wiggle the gearstick like this,' he demonstrates, 'it's in neutral. Press the clutch down, push the stick to the left an' up, you're in first. Try it now before you start.'

He may actually have gone slightly pale. This is more nervewracking than facing down a gang of twats with shotguns.

(And yes, he's always like this. He's just naturally bolshy. We apologise.)