Which do you like best?

I've always liked the greater range of what the car can do. If you want to bang a gear and throw the car sideways on a bridge to silence the nagging passenger, it can be done. If it's raining or snowing, the level of brutality can be cranked down to keep the shiny parts shiny. A tweaked automatic has annoyed me by hitting the next gear on a wet off ramp. It became a 4-speed car shortly thereafter.

Cliffs Notes version: more control