[darkpuppet]

I'm 29 (turning 30 soon enough)...

It's a tough question... I personally want my cars to be manual. It gives me something to do in traffic, and occasionally, it's a great workout.... but mainly it keeps me from being bored.

But every once in a while, I hope in a rental car and marvel at how much easier I find it to toss around. everything, including left-foot braking seems to be just that much easier. And i think the biggest thing is to get into the habbit of being in the right gears at the right times with the manual.

My current problem while performance driving is that I'm not keeping track of my current gear and which gear I need to be in... and I'm working on it. It's as simple as making sure I'm in the right gear before turning a corner on the street.

Overall, manual is just more fun.. I had to drive to work for about a year with a 45-1hour commute in traffic, and when I get tired of traffic, I don't blame the car, I just go into work earlier. :P

Now, if I ever owned an SUV or a Truck, I'd be stupid to not get an auto.... and as automatic transmissions improve, I'll be made obsolete and be forced into an ATX.