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poisonborz
Ok it'll be me to say this here: the core idea is great, but the "woman can't drive" trope is really off-putting, even if that wasn't the intention. The characters could have been anyone in any setting, yet they chose a young woman and an older brother teaching her.
chownie
It is an example of the trope that women can't drive when when a woman who has learned to drive is shown to demonstrate poor driving skills.

A woman learning to drive because she literally does not know how is not an example of that trope, that is being a human.

harvey9
Only thing I found off-putting was this text: "along with an honest update".

Why is 'honest' in so much writing and speech? Does anyone think what follows is more trustworthy as a consequence?

martin-
Every statement seems to need a disclaimer of honesty these days, usually in the form of "ngl".
Snacklive
Why would anyone jump to that trope? This is a girl, that is LEARNING to drive of course she doesn't know how to do it yet