I do like driving with an automatic but i would like to try out a manual. I think it would be cool to drive, just not in traffic.

 

Manual for sure, so much more fun to drive IMO... obviously something that's manual and fast is more fun also

 

I like manuals - but anymore, for everyday driving the automatic is just more convenient, especially in Winter. I'd like to have an older muscle car with a stick for fun driving but I'll still keep the auto for everyday.

But I have a Sport mode in my Kia so I can shift it up and down when I'm so inclined.

 

Depends. Rush hour traffic makes me glad to have an auto, but since that isn't too often, I would much rather have a manual. Good gas mileage, choose when you shift, blah blah blah, I like it because it's just more fun.

 

I'd say manual for a fun weekend car, but auto for a daily driver. I've only driven manual enough just to learn it quick. Never really drove manual for a long time, i'd like to though. Some traffic i get hung up in would be hell with a manual.

 

I actually enjoy having a manual for my daily driving needs...

 

I haven't owned a manual for over 20 years until I got the Mustang. I can say that I really enjoy it in that car. It is fun and gives you the sense of a real muscle car. But if it was something I drove everyday it would get tiresome. I have had that car 4 months and only put about 800 miles on it. Now that its winter, it will get even less. So no more than I drive it, it suits me just fine.. By the way, I chose manual..

 

I like that the manual is more "economic", from what I hear. I never driven a manual but once, I bombed. But I would like to drive one but I have heard some complaining. Much of the stuff you guys have mentioned. But I am content with my AUTOMATIC. Like you all said, it is a lot easier, but isn't manual a lot of fun.

 

Manual.

Even if the car is a 4 banger econobox a stick shift feels zippier to me.

And I loved the brapp-rummble-ummble that my old Firebird 3.4 5 speed with Flowmasters made on downshifts.

 

Automatic cause there is too much traffic in my area. My Stang has auto trans but has manual mode. I also had manual mode on my Mini Cooper (auto stick) and that was a blast to drive. It had paddle shifters and you could also use the gearshift.