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Even our gas sipper Kia (wife insisted on manual transmission) is fun. I find myself winding through the gears making the most of the little 4 banger. And manual can be nice in the mountains for holding selected gears. Not all auto vehicles allow that.manual is just more fun and engaging to drive. Pretty simple and hard to debate. Rowing your own gears, always choosing what RPMs you want, revmatching, heal toeing, etc etc. FUN
my daily is an 18 Camry Hybrid, auto of course, and it’s a great, comfy, fuel efficient vehicle, but my 11 STi is 1000x more fun to drive, hell even my first manual 86 Toyota pickup manual with zero horsepower was more fun than the Camry lol.
Also I've had much better luck with manuals over time. Our Ford Escort auto started slipping the 1-2 shift around 70k miles. I'm currently replacing my Jeep TJ auto trans. But our Geo manual passed 200K and with original clutch! Same with 3 other manual trans vehicles - the transmissions were rock solid. And you always know for sure what they are going to do, because you are doing all the deciding.
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