[TSM330i]

Die-hard manual driver here. Both my daily (GTI) and fun car (911) are manuals.
I don't give a flying fig whether an automatic is "faster" than a manual or "how good" the new autos are. The fact is, after I play with the flappy paddles for 5 minutes I'm bored.
There is nothing like the driver involvement of a manual. I drive the wife's X3 every now and then and am just bored with it. How hard is it to just hit the brake and the throttle and not have to think about what gear you're in, rev matching on down shifts or getting the perfect up shift?
Oh yeah, every time I'm stuck in stop-and-go traffic I laugh about having a manual. I have NEVER wished it was an automatic. It's a fun game to keep the car in first gear, creeping along at idle and seeing how I can play around with distance to the car in front of me. Yes, it's entertaining to me.
Plus, I've got years of track experience. I'll go in a manual car and give you your flappy paddle and see who's quicker around the track. Driver mod is the first mod to make in a car.