Something to be mindful of is with the proliferations of ATs, development of good manuals has suffered. I didn't mind the manual in my S550 Mustang GT but it was not the bolt action crispness I remembered from my e30 and the car was nearly 20 years newer. I still think the manual connects you better with the car but they're not getting better.
One good thing, when we got my daughter her first car we did get her a manual Mini to keep her off the phone behind the wheel and it stuck. She just bought a Mazda 3 and did get the MT. Just because she grew up on it.
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