At the risk of thread drift or crossover........
There is a definitely a degree of satisfaction to be had from driving briskly an a good, quiet, twisty road using a manual gearbox, however, in absolutely every other motoring situation an auto is infinitely more suitable, pleasurable, safe, eco, smooth, comfortable etc etc etc....
A good manual gearbox is certainly a joy to use but anyone who has driven a porsche with PDK will tell you that a modern twin clutch/auto is just......better......😆
The whole exotic car scene is almost entirely willy waving.....!
I can and do appreciate amazing super and hyper cars, but they are totally and absolutely pointless in the real/modern world. They are just demonstrations of wealth or status......
The automotive advancements made in the last 138 years have now come down to making things faster...! At a point in history when roads are crap and congested, there are speed humps, speed cameras and average speed cameras everywhere and speed is socially unacceptable it seems more speed is the last thing that is needed.
Perhaps an Austin A35 van is all anyone really needs........
