It's not really a waste.
Assuming you are mechanically inclined and can do the intial swap itself on your own. And Assuming you own your car outright and have quite a few mods done to it. The parts to do the tranny swap may only set you back ~3000grand (new). Well it may be difficult for someone to sell their car and re-coupe enough money to purchase a TL or CL for less then that. In addition to modding the car back up.

In additon, a new 6 speed CL is a cool car but you wouldn't give it a second look. You'd likely ask all kinds of questions if you saw a Gen6 6speed. Just a thought :naughty: