Ive always found automatics difficult to drive in the city, where they are suppose to make things easier. They just don't have the level of control i can get fr

Ive always found automatics difficult to drive in the city, where they are suppose to make things easier. They just don't have the level of control i can get from a manual for quick acceleration to get out of side roads into traffic. Even in the "sport" mode i've found them sluggish, and it was a fairly new rental a few years ago. Maybe the high end models get the really responsive automatic gearboxes, but i suspect not everyone can afford that, compared to any old cheap manual that can do the same thing. Now, electric wont have that problem as i understand, so happy to drive without gears then.