GTFO n00b!
I'm sorry you shift like my grandmother, and cant keep up with the neighborhood kids' PT Loser. Manual is faster, can accelerate faster, and runs a quarter mile faster than an auto.
Case and point, two identical Nissan 240SXs'. One auto, one manual. They both run the quarter mile. The manual can run it allmost a full second faster. Care to explain my dilusional pal???