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Originally Posted by Shizuma
First off, not a "dude", second unless you're doing something stupid like street racing or if you take your car to the track (I do neither) there's no real reason for the manual, third is that now a days automatics get better fuel economy than manuals, and with gas prices as they are even when buying a sports car that is a consideration, and lets face it, 30mpg highway is sad for 200hp 2.0 4cyl. I do drive my car probably 95% of the time in manual mode, but there's no way I would give up that 5% time of not using it cause honestly things like holding my girlfriend's hand while driving rates higher to me than manually shifting gears ever could.
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So get the auto. For most of us, shifting gears while driving spirited and/or on track account for 95% of the enjoyment, regardless of the actual amount of time spent.