Actually my first car was a manual and in theory I can still drive one. I despised driving manual and thats why I switched. I dont have that amount of testosterone to get excited by driving a manual car
Manual cars are the best, you're in full control of the car.
Altho I like semi-automatics that you can shift yourself with paddles behind the steering wheel. I cant remember the exact name of it now, Alfa Romeo calls it Salespeed IIRC.