The correct answer to this question. 

In the greys and buried, but it’s 23 years difference, not 13. 13 years would really be drastic, but 23 years just shows how far automatics have come. I love my manual TT, but some days I just wish I could zone out and just let it do it’s thing. And most automatics these days do that very, very well. 

My brother’s ex fiancé had a 2005 Eclipse GS Remix Edition. In 06 I was around 15 at the time and it was the first thing I learned to drive a stick on. I grew up loving the previous two gens and it was a complete letdown. Had all the bells and whistles of the “new” v6 but stuck with the terribly doggy 2.4. Very clean…