Which do you like best?

It all depends on the needs, traffic, type of vehicle and usage.

Personally, I prefer auto for daily business, manual for fun drive around town or track, auto with manual valve for 1/4 mile strip. Like many here, I learned to drive on a stick, so can't image living with out one.

Side note, it is scary how many people in this country don't know how to drive a stick when the rest of the world still prefer sticks. In fact renting an automatic out side of North America is a hack of a challenge not to mention cost.