Manual vs. Auto

[Bandit]

I personally am also of the opinion that autos are for old grannies, handicapped people (as Jewce said), and serious drag racers only! Funny how over here in Europe you have to special order an auto trans on your car, all the cars have sticks! Gas is very expensive and the cars must be efficient, so they run OD manuals! I too believe that shifting your own gears makes driving safer due to you having more interaction with the vehicle. The only reason I can see that most cars in the US have autos is we're a bunch of lazy bums--we will pay a $1000 "gas guzzler" tax just so we don't have to be inconvenienced to shift our own gears! Or is it that we want an auto so we can engage in other activities with the other hand while driving--talking on the phone, slurping down a Big Gulp, or smacking the kid upside the head--none of which should be done while driving anyway!



Manuals save horsepower, give you better gas mileage, and are a lot more fun to drive!
So what's to decide?