Re: How's the auto?
The signature block tells it all. As a matter of fact, if the SRT6 came with a manual then that's what my roadster would have been. I preferred a stick over the s/c at the time.
Agree with the comment about the sticky 1-2 shift, but it breaks in after a while...or you eventually find the sweet spot. But a two-seat open sports car just has to be a stick, IMHO.
PS - An Audi A6 2.7T (127k) and an Audi A4 3.0, both MT6, also in the stable, and my oldest daughter has my Saturn Vue 5-speed at 158k miles.