Yeah, need an auto to make them a bit better around town. That being said, I actually love driving mine. I'm often in the left lane on the multi lane roads that are 80KM/H around here, three lanes, left lane always clear. As you pull up at lights you see a million people dive to the left, for some reason I take great pleasure in taking off at the pace a diesel should be driven at... Slow and steady That being said, my 1st and 2nd are quite short and taking off quickly isn't the easiest without flogging the clutch and gearbox.