Nineeightyone
Autocross Champion
My wife used to give me shit about using the hill assist, but living in PA there's a fair number of hills that it makes MUCH easier to manage. While I enjoy shifting, I can see where it'd also be a pain after a while, and I'll grant that automatics have come quite a long way.
I wouldn't mind having an automatic if it were not a sporty car to begin with. I bought my GTI (my first, by the way) to scratch an itch from when I was a kid. I had a mk4 2.0 automatic but I always wanted a GTI, in stick, with either a 1.8T or VR6, and 'cool' seats -- this ended up becoming my MY 2019 S, to get the plaid seats, with the idea of upgrading to the cool headlights. So it's pretty rad to have that now, and it really lives up to my hopes. But I'm very tempted by an automatic Maverick or similar small pickup, OR something I can turn into a VIP flavor, and put comfort over sportiness.
I wouldn't mind having an automatic if it were not a sporty car to begin with. I bought my GTI (my first, by the way) to scratch an itch from when I was a kid. I had a mk4 2.0 automatic but I always wanted a GTI, in stick, with either a 1.8T or VR6, and 'cool' seats -- this ended up becoming my MY 2019 S, to get the plaid seats, with the idea of upgrading to the cool headlights. So it's pretty rad to have that now, and it really lives up to my hopes. But I'm very tempted by an automatic Maverick or similar small pickup, OR something I can turn into a VIP flavor, and put comfort over sportiness.