Someone is just trolling here if the other manual v DSG thread is anything to go by.

All my cars bar one have been manual and the auto I had really made driving very boring but that could be because it was on a Pajero jeep that was slower than a week in jail

That aside, each to their own. Some folk prefer 5 door cars and others wouldn't thank you for one. Some prefer derv some petrol. Its very much down to your own personal taste.
I'm sure when electric windows / remote central locking / electric wing mirrors and so on came in, some folk would say "What a waste of time, for all it takes to do it manually" So for me, autos are just another evolution in the motor industry and no doubt in years to come when we are all old our grandchildren will be asking us if we really had to change gears with a stick in the middle of the car
