I agree with Dave W and think even 50KW manual is nicer than 500KW auto.
For my 50th birthday my wife bought me a super car day to enjoy with my son as passenger. I drove Maserati, Audi R8, Lamborghini, old Lotus, Porsche convertible and a Ferrari. All nearly new and autos with flappy paddles except for the lotus that was rather old with the synchro gone on third so I had to double shuffle. After two changes I got used to the accelerator and clutch and the gear changes were like butter, I loved it but everyone else whinged about it. The only issue was the old Lotus was very small and very uncomfortable. Since then I have driven my Silvia convertible on the same roads and enjoyed it more - probably because to me a $10,000 car with a proper manual is more fun than a $500,000 Ferrari with flappy paddles, but have to admit the Ferrari sounded fantastic.
My current cars are both manual, my 1988 Silvia convertible and a 2015 Skoda Octavia VRS wagon. Not sure if I will ever buy another new car as Skoda Australia have now dropped the manual option for all cars apart from the base model Octavia and the Fabia, I had a Subaru outback wagon, Ford Falcon wagon and a Mazda wagon before. When I need a new car I buy whatever is available with the correct gearbox, I just keep changing brands based on what is available in a manual. As I tell car dealers I am loyal to the left foot pedal not the brand.
My hopes are that a 150KW CX chassis manual Morgan will exist when I can afford to buy one.
