I drove an automatic tranny all the way up till I bought my 6spd Accord. MAny of you will cringe when I tell you that i learned to drive a stick on my brand new accord....yes, I bought it and didn;t know how to drive it.
Suprisingly, it was not hard to learn and now I am tearing it up on the road. CAn still use some help here and there, but it was completely worth it. I dont know what I was missing out on for the past 7 years