>How some people prefer manual is probably one of the mysteries I'll take to grave with myself. When I find myself thinking like that I try to come up with gen

>How some people prefer manual is probably one of the mysteries I'll take to grave with myself. When I find myself thinking like that I try to come up with generous analogies to try and position myself in a similar mindset. With manual transmission the advantage seems to be fine grained control over the engine at the cost of more complexity and additional work. This fine grained control may be imperceptible or totally unnecessary for some people. However, I run Linux for similar reasons and enjoy tinkering with it. I also tend to prefer tools that target power users at the cost of complexity. So, even if I'm not a gearhead myself, I can easily understand the preference for manual transmission by others.