I know I am gonna catch all kinds of hell for this, but after a divorce I can take HELL like no one else!
I have an autostick roadster. I'm really a stick man, but for various reasons I ended up with "Little Red". I am working on getting a Coupe or Roadster with a stick.
But after driving several XF sticks, I have come to the conclusion that there IS a reason to have an auto - they are fast. WITHOUT beating the car up, I can dart away from a traffic light ahead of what seems like 90% of what's out there. (I said SEEMS LIKE, so don't jump on that.)
With the stick, unless you are willing to really beat the car up, you can't keep up with me. Now, mate the auto with an SRT's 340 hp and you really have something !
That's my 2 cents on the matter.
As for Beaner getting an SRT - after meeting him and looking over his pics of his other toys, I am kinda surprised he
hasn't showed up with an SRT by now.