The experience of learning to drive a car--- please help me to correct it, thanks in advance

I have learned how to drive a car five years ago. At that time, I had just found a nice job in Xiamen. This job provided me with a good salary, thus I could afford the cost of owning a car. In China, before we go to a driving school, we have to pass a traffic knowledge exam at first. I think I spent nearly a week to memorize memorizing all the traffic rules laws in order to so that I could pass that exam. The most difficult part for driving a car for me was that not only I needed to focus on observing road conditions, but also I have had to select a correct gear to use. The most difficult part of driving for me is having to select the correct gear while also paying attention to the road conditions outside. But The funny thing is that after I got a drivers license which allows me to drive a manual car, I brought a auto car car with an automatic transmission. I think driving is a very useful skill for everyone since owning a car can brings a lot of beneficial benefits to our daily lives.

This is my experience of learning how to drive a car--- please help me to correct it, thanks in advance.

I learned how to drive a car five years ago. At that time, I just found a nice job in Xiamen. This job provided me a good salary, thus I could afford the cost of owning a car. In China, before you go to a driving school, we have to pass a traffic knowledge exam at first.  (In English, we might call this a written driving exam) I think it took me nearly a week to memorize all the traffic rules in order to pass that exam. For me, the most difficult part for driving a car was that you only need to focus on the road, but also put the car into the correct gear.  The funny thing is, that after I got a driver's license, which allows me to drive a car with a stick shift, I bought a car that had an automatic shift. I think driving is a very useful skill for everyone to have, since owning a car can be very beneficial in our daily lives.