in the last 18 years I've owned three automatics, one was changed to a stick a week after I bought it, one I drove for a month then had the tranny go out, went looking for a 5 speed for it, and found another identical truck for less than the price of a tranny, (bad brakes and a crackhead owner) pulled engine axles and T-case, then junked the auto truck, third one I drove around the block a couple times, pulled into the garage and swapped over to a stick, and sold the auto trans for more than I paid for the truck and manual trans.
all of the 'automatic' crap on my vehicles gets yanked, auto hubs hit the dumpster as soon as I get near a jack, electric T-cases get converted as soon as I get the material.
Everything I own is manual
92 explorer sport 4.0/5spd
78 mustang 2 351w 4v, srod trans w/ inline shifter (375 horses, 1800lbs fully loaded, don't use first gear)
74 bombardier 'bombi' snowcat straight 6 with 3 speed and 9ft tracks (don't yank back on one stick when topped out on a slick road)
74 honda
86 bronco 2 302 4spd srod
ken.