So I'm studying and I ran into an example that stated to go from a (noun)suru
to (noun)dekiru is this:

私は車を運転する －＞ 私は車の運転ができる。

Why isn't 私は車を運転できる。
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verbs potential-form
Is できる always used with が？
I wouldn't say always. I think the construction Xができる is more or less a fixed
expression for "being able to do sth."

車の運転ができる sounds more like "I can drive" in the sense of "I have a driver's
licence and know how to drive". It is unmistakably a statement about me.

車を運転できる might be interpreted more circumstantial, like "The car is drivable
and I can drive it (now)". It might be a statement about the condition of the
car.
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I'm always unsatisfied by the explanation of が being a weird set-phrased form
for the direct object with dekiru, suki, etc. I would literally translate
私は車の運転ができる。 as "About me: car's driving is capable of being done." できる can be
translated as "to be able to be done" and the が makes a _lot_ of sense.
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