Reply #9: I prefer a stick on a big ass hill [View All]

[ProudGerman]

My brakes usually do too on the way down. Engine braking is a marvelous thing.

Also, only the absolute worst of bumper to bumper traffic makes having a stick a bad thing. Clutch pedals aren't that hard to push down. I don't know how it is for other cars, I'm usually able to let the car idle in second gear and just let her run through slow traffic most times, if I give the car in front a decent amount of space.

If you love being in total control of your vehicle, you have to get a stick. After long days driving my automatic van, I actually wake up and have renewed energy going through the gates in my stick shift. It's exhilerating.