A car enthusiast friend of mine tells me that I should get the manual as it would be more reliable at the track (not necessarily faster, but more reliable in times) and that I would quickly hate it come Michigan winters and shifting in heavy traffic
This makes no sense. If you are talking drag racing an automatic is almost always more consistent. Furthermore I assume when you say heavy traffic, i assume you mean stop and go driving? Again, an automatic would not be such a PITA.. As far as reliability, I doubt you have much to worry about with either transmission.
With that being said, im going to speed-shift my way to heaven in a six-speed!
