I dare say it's cheaper to renew a standard tranny than a "shifted like a standard" AT. Way cheaper. Sure, go ahead and paddle shift at every opportunity, even better at high rpms under load, even more better at scorching temps. I'll stick with the Manual that is a manual, instead of an AT that shifts like a manual and slowly degrades with being shifted manually up and down, etc. Now I would like to be able to select between the two, but not that's not possible at our price point.
I think for me an AT would be fine but not for some people - you know who you are
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