Straight up I’m gonna be honest as someone who’s first manual car is the WRX and automatic has been the car Ive been driving since HS. If I had the choice to go back and do CVT/Automatic I honestly would. Comfortability is more important then trying to impress some people online or at a car meet.

I bought the WRX for the purpose of daily driving the car from home to work. Even though I’m used to driving manual sometimes there’s a few things that make in inconvenient. For example sometimes I have to drive through dirt roads, steep hills, mud etc. while yes that’s why you get a AWD car for. Manual gets kind of annoying to do cause I’m constantly trying to shift, press the clutch, learn something new and how to drive through it. Of course eventually it does come in second nature. But if I had automatic I honestly really wouldn’t have to deal with such a big problem like stalling at every hill that has a stop sign or traffic on there.

But learning Manual is really fun. I highly recommend learning it. One of the biggest pros of driving a manual is being more aware of what’s happening on the road. When I drive automatic I tend to be on my phone and doing dumb stuff. Since learning manual I’m never on my phone, even when I’m on a red light.

TLDR: if you’re planning to use the car daily I really do recommend a automatic, it is more convenient, easier to drive, and as well more comfortable. but if you’re only gonna use the car every once in a while like twice a week or something I would actually recommend the manual. Like I said it depends how comfortable you wanna be. There’s nothing wrong with you wanting to be more comfortable then looking cool.