Those are my feelings to a T the crossfire to me (I haven't owned a ton of vehicles) feels solid it's smooth and the break neck looks I get from it are to much to give up... At the same time the break neck looks I give a genesis on the rare occasion I see one make me think it might not be a bad replacement. I did some research and found that the 6sp manual trannys have given genesis owners nothing but headaches. I don't think I would be comfortable with buying a 6sp after all the negative feed back. I refuse to drive an automatic sports car it takes away from the driving experience. IMO I don't know yet maybe this is just a wild hair that will fade away in a month or so...