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Originally Posted by old greg

Last time I checked, racing had nothing to do with the driving experience. And besides, Nascar has nothing but old fashioned manual transmissions. Watch some youtube clips of Nascar @ Infineon or Watkin's Glen if you don't believe me.

Some people simply don't enjoy driving a car with a traditional (torque converter) automatic. Some have never driven a car with a decent automatic and judge all other autos unfairly because of it. Some people just like to have something extra to do (clutching, shifting) while driving. Some people don't like the power loss due to the inefficiency of torque converters. Some people don't mind automatics at all, but simply find a manual transmission to be more enjoyable. And, well, some people are just snobs.

some? dare i say most... at least online