40 years ago my first was a verry old green automatic 3 speed VW Jetta from a colleque. At that time I owned only 3 bikes so I brought it as "Winter Car" .
My actual car is now again an automatic!
Als many here have written: Automatic makes life easier!
I have only 10K km/ year covered with my Morgan so I have to take him on my trailer with me for my trips in east Germany.
That means many km traffic jam on the autobahn with my Morgan on the trailer. With my automatic Kodiaq I only have to lay back and follow the car in front of me ..
Hm.... would I drive an auto Morgan? I don't know

But a manual again as daily driver? No!

But to each his own! 😉