I like the Auto stick, but then again i really don't. There are different reasons for each. It's a nice feature comming from a stick when your trying to answer the phone, hold a drink, drive, and find a cd. Also on the highway its cool to drop it down and fly pass other cars. Or take for example, you can put it in 1st and take the tracktion control off, and spin the tires. I don't like it for racing. The tranny likes to shift earlier then I like to. Not redlining the car but pretty damn close, that nice lil sweet spot that every car has. My experence screwin around with it is that if your at that spot, you shift, the tranny likes to throw you into the next gear up automaticly. May be I'm doing something wrong, but i dont think so.