Originally Posted by Mark Hodowanec

Anotehr vote for the manual. In addition to the above arguments, I would say that I prefer a manual in traffic (most people look at traffic as a negative on having a manual). Here is why I prefer it: Usually traffic means that the vehicles are slowly moving 5 to 20 mph. At idle & in 3rd. my truck will go about 10 mph or so. If I were in an auto, every time the traffic would move, truck would be down in first, engine wold rev, etc. In traffic, switching between gears (2nd for 5 mph, 3rd for 10 mph, 4th for 15 mph), the truck stays at idle - give or take. Anyway in these type of conditions, I get better milage than when I'm running out on the highway, whereas an auto gets 50% of teh mpg it would on the highway.