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Originally Posted by BlueFire
I do a bit of traveling from time to time so I'm kinda thinking i may be worn out with the manual at some times.
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I travel A LOT, mostly on the highway. Just passed 18,000 miles since the end of January. Highway driving with the manual is not tiring at all. You're mostly in 6th gear, occasionally downshifting for traffic. It's really the only time driving the car is not really different from having an automatic.
Where the car gets exhausting is if you have stop and go traffic, especially if you're going uphill. I bloody hate the I-10 bridge over the Mississippi at Baton Rouge. Traffic inching along uphill for a couple of miles, and there's usually some prick riding your bumper.
The rest of the time, there's a connection with the car you get from the manual that you just can't get with an auto. That makes the occasional traffic jam worth enduring. The only reason I could see for buying the automatic is if you're missing a leg.