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Originally Posted by headshrink
I grew up driving manuals, am not afraid of anything that shifts, and believe it is a mortal sin to have a sports car that has an automatic transmission.
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I agree 110%. I have never owned an automatic car, and I really don't plan to (thought I'm sure it'll end up happening one day since manuals are getting less and less common). I don't care what vehicle it is, it's just more fun in stick shift.
However most Americans like auto, and you wouldn't believe how many people don't even have a clue how to drive stick. We went out to dinner a few weeks ago and the valet guy at the hotel had no clue how to drive the car and had to call someone. Hilarious (And scary...you have a job driving cars and you cant drive a car...)
As far as the rentals...I tear em to pieces myself probably a lot worse then you did. It's a rental, they know people are gonna treat them bad, so why not have fun? (this is also why I would NEVER consider buying from a used rental fleet, haha)