I always want a manual transmission, but they're so hard to find. My most recent vehicle purchase was a truck (a big diesel pickup for hauling a travel trailer)

I always want a manual transmission, but they're so hard to find. My most recent vehicle purchase was a truck (a big diesel pickup for hauling a travel trailer). They simply don't make big pickup trucks with a manual transmission, anymore, which is a damned shame. My vehicle before that (a Nissan 350Z) had a manual transmission, but I had to insist on it, and wait for it to arrive from another dealer across the state. It makes me sad, because the fun of driving for me is dramatically reduced by an automatic transmission. But, I guess we won't be driving ourselves for too much longer, anyway.