Hey Freedom, I'm driving an automatic now too and ONLY because it's a company car and I don't have a choice. Funny thing, lately I've noticed my left knee (the leg I broke in HS) has hurt more, and seems weaker.... no clutch!! I miss my clutch. I wish my girlfriend would learn to drive stick so she could buy that Mini Cooper she wants. I refuse to let her get one with an automatic tho, would tarnish it... Some day, when the company car goes, the stick shift will return.