Meanwhile, Back at the Used Car Ranch...
that was a nice Estoril Blue MT. Wasn't pristine, but it
was fairly rare, in terms of low prod volume.
2 of our 3 cars are MT. I like them, but I also realize that the CEO's auto trans runs very well. I doubt I would want to drive the X or Vette as a daily stop and go drive, with MT, though I have driven both for thousands of miles in crappy stop and go, but not for work and not 'daily'.
Btw, the VetteVert, an '02, is ~3100 lbs...not heavy by most definitions.
Back to the V8 vs 6 vs MT vs auto vs vehicle dynamics vs strippo vs loaded, etc.

GL, mD