subinf

Dont mind the traffic so much with a manual. Dont think I will feel that way forever though.

blumpkin

I've been driving stick for as long as I've been driving and I dont think that I'd switch back to automatic. Whenever I do drive an auto tho it feels like i'm being spoiled. And i must say, sometimes after I've been in traffic for a few hours my leg + foot start to feel awkward and I get upset and start chain smokin

So while the convenience of having an auto is very nice, it doesnt really feel like ur driving.

kmac_1906

I live in ATL and I would say heck no!! I cant even use sportshift for my Acura in ATL.

Salut

The eternal discussion...

I have been driving MT for my whole life... (short of my Buick Lesabre, and Saturn View - no choice - got rid of them a while back )

I was born in France and as previously posted they (Europeans) most (read ALL) drive sticks... The mentality over there is if you don't know how to drive a stick you don't know how to drive a car... (I agree with that statement) That's not to say you should'nt drive an auto trans. just that you should know how to drive a stick...

Now having said that I have been driving motorcyles my entire life... and so I don't have much of a choice when it comes to tranny... and therefore LOVE driving MT... in ANY kind of conditions (weather, highway, or otherwise)...

My wife knows and loves how to drive a stick (insert dirty joke here)... We love MT so much we got our latest car (Mazda five) only because it was available in a 5MT...

I have been driving in LA traffic for over 20 years... Yes it's frustrating but I would not trade my stick for anything in the world... BTW I drive in the real Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley and downtown LA)...

SouthernBoy

Yeah, when I drive my wife's '05 automatic TL, there have been a number of times when I have depressed the "clutch" and started to work a downshift. She catches me and reminds me it ain't no manual. A few times I've hit her "clutch".. which turned out to be the lefthand corner of her brake pedal. Not funny.

Slimey

prefer manual to auto; have lived in urban areas my whole life

it comes down to personal preference and a capacity to use both my legs

runnerX

I have three cars and they are all stick. I have no problem driving them in heart of the Silicon Valley. Both my wife and I find that stick == fun.

SouthernBoy

A 'C' developer, I persume?

Shoofin

MT doesn't bother me at all

stangg172004

thats the reason why i got the 6spd auto on my rabbit. I spend way too much time sitting on 94 in traffic on the way to school...

Arcticcl9

I have a 6MT TSX, and live in the LA area. My commute is short though, 30 minutes with traffic, and 15 without so I don't mind too much about manual. I had a 06 TSX 5AT and it though it was really relaxing to drive in traffic when compared to my 6MT, but after going back to my car, the transmission was so much better than that 06 slushbox. If my commute was longer (more than an hour one way) then I would rethink getting a manual.

BlueCLS6

This is why I am selling my 6-Speed CL and probably getting an IS250. When I lived close to work (4 and then 9 miles) it didn't bother me at all. Now I am 24 miles, which yes is 45-60 minutes in L.A. and I can't take it anymore. Not that I used the car much anyway. I think it's the combination of the traffic and me just getting old and not feeling like shifting anymore