you can always just shift from 1 to 4th in the manual, its essentially an automatic with all the loss of pickup and no interface with the car, but with the clutch you can still push start it if your battery goes dead. seriously, i have drove autos my whole life, and i made sure this car was a manual. And except for pulling the auto out of my 1971 vega and putting in a manual, which made the car so much fun to drive, i actually enjoyed putting in the quart of oil per tank of gas after the trany change. oh i almost forgot my biggest dissapointment in having an auto, picture yourself back at high school graduation, and your on your way to the keggers after the ceremony, and your gaurenteed to get laid if you can get there alive, you go out to yoru automatic car parked on a hill no less, and you find your cool parking lights were left on, and your battery is dead, you cant get a ride and you now enter the navy a virgin..... I will never be caught with an automatic trans again. on a good note i did finally get to meet up with that woman i was supposed to lay back in high school at my 25th year reunion, she was in between her 3rd and 4th divorce, and i caught her on a week where she was single and available, it was the best piece in my life, she did all the work and thanks to viagra i stayed with her for a long time, and her lacking teeth made the loss of her palatteable. thanks for listening,
in conclusion, manual all the way.
4LT GS Roadster
