To act self-righteous on the internet. Reasons to not buy/use manual transmission in modern cars: 1. It is no longer cheaper to buy manual cars, generally. In addition, the resell price of manual cars is significantly lower than automatic cars 2. Manual cars are not more efficient as automatic cars. Automatic cars use a computer to calculate the most efficient point of changing gears; it is much more precise and efficient than a human driver 3. You don't have greater control of your car. Your car will not function properly unless you shift gears, so it's a matter of being required to manually shift gears, not choosing to do so. 4. Some manual cars do not accelerate faster. Automatic cars are more precise in their gear shifts than manual cars, and are not subject to errors such as shifting or accelerating late/early 5. Cost of transmission repair is generally not cheaper for manual cars due to the inefficiency of human drivers. the errors mentioned above slowly damage the transmission, and most of that damage is negated by the program that shifts the gears in an automatic car. Manual cars require transmission replacements relatively more frequently than automatic cars due inefficiency of a human operating a mechanical process. A subjective argument is that it's more "fun"...I disagree. While I drive one-handed, the idea of being required to lose my free hand doesn't sound fun at all; if anything, it makes driving more dangerous. Other functions I allow my car to do automatically, because this isn't the 1950's: 1. Power steering 2. Power windows 3. Power seats 4. Air conditioning 5. Power sunroof 6. Anti-lock braking 7. Automatic airbags 8. 4WD I'd imagine making all of those features manual would add to the degree of "control" (i.e., the effort to run a car for its normal operation), but it doesn't make sense to do any of them.