Originally Posted by xenigo

I'm a master of the manual transmission. I drove one for 15 years. Admittedly it was a pretty light-duty Civic manual. A buddy of mine has a manual Porsche 911 and that thing has such a heavy clutch it's kind of a pain to modulate... but I can drive it in just as spirited of a fashion as I drive my BMW. I'd hate to drive one in rush-hour though...