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Not to be snide to those who don't like driving stick in traffic, but I would actually like to buffer the idea that "if you drive in traffic get an automatic"
I've been driving nothing but stick since 1997. The minor annoyance it might be in heavy traffic is more than a fair trade-off for the fun of rowing up and down through the gears on a twisty road or accelerating on to the freeway.
Besides, when you master it and get the feel of the car, you can actually learn to keep it in one gear - or at least do much less up and down shifting - with the flow of the stop-and-go by feathering the gas on and off and learning to use the engine brake instead of the service brake.
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