[Porsche-O-Phile]

I don't disagree that a paddle shift is faster, but regular old automatics bore me. My wife's car (Toyota) is an extremely practical, comfortable car with an automatic that you don't have to think about at all. It bores me to tears driving it, even though it excels at doing what it's supposed to do. I'm lost - I can never own an automatic. I'd either need an honest-to-goodness manual or maybe paddle shifters (which still engage you with the driving experience since you have to think about your shift points at least).

You can't have a roadster without a manual, IMHO. I felt the same about the Boxster - I hated the tiptronic or sporttronic or whatever-the-hell-it-is-tronic system they have.