Newbie to the forum with a few questions...

[MisterE]

I drove the manual and have the auto. I have to say hands down I LOVED the manual and would have preferred it. However, I have a lot of stop and go driving (I'm almost exclusively city) and it is just a pain to keep going from 1,2,3 and back most times I wouldn't make it to fourth or fifth.

I can it was great shifting for essentially a truck. My last stick was a 96 Sonoma and it was a mile and half long between gears, this was much tighter. Plus a stick is just so much more fun to drive...just don't try to eat on the way to work or answer you cell ;-)