In Italy the percentage of automatic cars is very small, I've no exact idea but it's like the reverse of U.S. numbers, maybe 5% or 10% are automatic, even if I

In Italy the percentage of automatic cars is very small, I've no exact idea but it's like the reverse of U.S. numbers, maybe 5% or 10% are automatic, even if I bet this number is raising. Because of that I always used manual cars in my life, but recently because of family and the realization I mostly drive in city traffic, I got a SUV (that is normally not my preferred car) with automatic transmission. Well... it's a lot less stress honestly if most of your drive happens inside a city. However interestingly, from time to time I use my wife's car which has manual transmission, and for a few minutes is definitely a lot more fun. You also really never lose your practice driving manual cars, even if you don't touch one for many months, it's like driving a bike. So manual is cool but I would suggest people approaching driving cars to learn the manual way to a have a more complete understanding of how a car works and be able to use a manual car in an emergency.