Gearboxes can change the whole driving experience of a car IMO.
I have a road legal car with a Hewland H patern dogbox. The gear changes are lightning fast and when on track they are brilliant if you get them right. They allow flat changes with no clutch and, other than the noise, are virtually seamless. The issue is that driving the car in Tescos car park the gear changes need to be whip lash fast too. There is no such thing as a lazy change. The down changes are a challenge as well. The gearbox dominates the driving of the car and can be very rewarding if one gets it right.
The Fun Cup Race car has a Sandev sequential dogbox with an engine cut. Going up it is easy, if quite physical, and allows flat changes. It is very quick but not as quick as the Hewland box. It is a good solution if driving quickly but again does not suit laziness.
For me the ZF can do both fast manual control and automatic for the Tesco’s car park.
I few years ago I would have always chosen manual with synchromesh but auto boxes are so good now ... For me it depends what you are going to use the car for and all of them can be ingaging and fun to drive IMO.
