Me and my buddies argue about this all the time. I tell them, the only way I would own an automatic in a performance car is if it was a dedicated race car. Only in a car that I was racing professionally, because you need consistency and you can never match an auto with a clutch driven manual for consistency in drag racing.

However if its a car that sees any street duty what-so-ever I would only have it one way - manual. I love cutting through the gears too much to ever get rid of it.