My question is, why drive a stick shift when you can drive an automatic? I don't drive for pleasure, and it's less to worry about if I just want to get somewhere.
I swore I'd never use an automatic: manual for me all the way, etc. But for one reason or another, our latest car has an automatic gearbox and maybe it's just because I'm old, but I wouldn't want to go back to a manual now. I think it's partly because the gearbox in our last car was knackered and the clutch was worn out so it really wasn't very pleasant to drive any more, but also because automatics have come on a long way, so this new six-speed is pretty nippy and can supposedly out-accelerate its manual counterpart. Whether it can or not, it is pretty quick.
I suppose given more recent experience in a
good manual I'd want to stick with that, but the allure of automatics has now, er, allured me.