Manual vs. Automatic
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What the heck are you doing driving a sports car in stop or go city traffic or on the highway at 70 mph? Any $hitbox will do this. If you find yourself "too busy" steering into cormers and transitioning into the next turn, then you better stay with a torque converter automatic transmission, because your certainly not ready to "transition" into a real sports car with a manual transmission. If you ever learn how to really drive a car, come back and tell us abourt it. 
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Hardly shallow and insecure, dud, just saying their are certain things a man ought to know, and how to drive a standard transmission well is just one of them. Just because you owned a car with a manual transmission doesn't mean your proficient in driving one. So do you prefer a pad or a tampon? 
It requires no testosterone to drive a manual, except perhaps in your case. Tell us, do you have to go to the gym to work out enough to operate the clutch and shifter? Lol.
Really, do yourself, us, and the wider world a favor and get over yourself. No one is impressed with the manliness it takes to operate a modern manual. Really.
If you need to believe that owning a manual makes you more of a man, you are just weird, dude. Latest homo, perhaps, in denial? Not that there is anything wrong with that.
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while I believe that everyone should be able to drive a manual just to be a functional person (who knows when an emergency situation may leave you with one option for a vehicle?), there is a huge difference between patty cake driving around town and coming down from 150 into a corner. clicking a paddle is much safer in these situations than risking a screw up from a missed shift. Also left foot braking while using a clutch pedal is damn near impossible. Last thing to note - youre not always going to have smooth transitions from one corner to the next where you can plan your shifts (especially when you consider other vehicles in the way) - being able to quickly change up and down in gears without having to move your feet around or get you hands off the wheel is a huge advantage.
There are positives and negatives to both gearbox selections
There are positives and negatives to both gearbox selections
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What the heck are you doing driving a sports car in stop or go city traffic or on the highway at 70 mph? Any $hitbox will do this. If you find yourself "too busy" steering into cormers and transitioning into the next turn, then you better stay with a torque converter automatic transmission, because your certainly not ready to "transition" into a real sports car with a manual transmission. If you ever learn how to really drive a car, come back and tell us abourt it.
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I am betting that during her working days, Jacqueline was the person who stood on the tail end of the garbage truck and got down at each stop to empty the trash cans into the truck--- just like her Daddy taught her--- and they never let her drive the truck. She has never gotten over that.
