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This has to be one of the weirdest derailed threads I have read on this forum. Arguing dumb stupid shit that doesn't really matter.
OP, buy what would be fun to you the most. It's your car and you should enjoy driving it! Me, I bought a M6 LT1. The LT1 was the only way a new V8 Camaro was in my budget, but when I was looking, the primary concern was a manual. Everything else was secondary. So when I found an M6 Camaro locally that was not spoken for that I could make work with the budget, I jumped at the chance. I drove a 2005 Chevy Cobalt SS (manual) for almost 14 years, and traded in for a "practical" hatchback Civic EX (automatic). While there was nothing wrong with the Civic at all, and by all measures it was a good car, I simply did not get excited about getting in my car. As soon as I traded it in for my manual Camaro, that fun of getting in my car immediately returned.
Obviously the budget part of things takes the biggest precedence and I get that. If you can't make the trade work financially, then the conversation is obviously a no-go. But if you can, and you really want to drive a manual, then make it happen! Have fun in your car...you spend way too much money on it not to enjoy it to the fullest. These dumb conversations about who is faster on a track and who is faster in straight lines and blah blah blah...who cares? There will always be cars out there faster than yours....ALWAYS. Just drive what brings you the most joy that you can afford, and if that joy comes from a manual transmission, then do what you can to make it happen and I wish you the best in finding a way if that is what you truly want.
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