I love to drive manual, but it is a pain in stop start traffic. I'm not a fan of the traditional automatics, they rob power, fuel consumption and have no engine braking. But I love DSG style transmissions such as that which VW use and also now the new EVO X and new GTR, since driving a Golf GTi with DSG, I'm sold and think it's the way forward. Perfect shifts everytime, even better downshifts with pre-programmed throttle blip and when you're tired and cant be fogged, they have an automatic mode.