I dropped my car into the garage for its annual service today and, as usual, picked up a courtesy car. Unlike my own car, this one had a manual gearbox - something I've not used for two or three years - and that took me a bit of getting used to again.
I have to say that the idea of stirring a little stick around to change gear seems a bit old fashioned, compared to just letting the car do all the work. I know some people say that if you drive an automatic then you're missing the driver experience, but I don't believe that's true. Guess I'm just getting lazy in my old age!