I agree. The only thing that I would do is not take a manual or automatic, rather a ratchet shifter. I know it's an auto tranny but you need to shift on your own... all the benefits of both...downsouthman1 said:Out of the 4 cars I've had, 3 in my name, 3 were manual. I've commuted in Austin, TX for 2 years back & forth to where I live in a manual. That car was slow, so I hated having a manual. I live in the DFW Metroplex for 2 years w/ a Manual 2K GT for 1.5 years of that time & it didn't bother me. It has been said already but it's much easier in traffic w/ a manual IMHO because when you need to decelarate you just take your feet off all the pedals. In an auto you don't hit the clutch, but you hit the brake. If you have to hit a pedal anyway, why not have it be a clutch, so you can have fun driving? From the autos I've driven in my life I've learned that in the Auto I'd be on the brake & in the manual I'd be on the clutch to downshift, then nothing. So I decided that since with either car I need one pedal or the other, I chose the standard. Much more fun than a Boromatic.