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I used to drive through Philly every day (commuting from Trenton area, where I lived, to Delaware, where I worked) in my RSX with the lightest off-the-shelf flywheel made for that engine series, and a sticky, heavy racing clutch. Stop-and-go traffic every day in both directions. It was no more (or less) irritating than driving through there in a slushbox. So yes, I'd say the "but traffic" argument is way overblown.
It's nice to see some evidence that big kid transmissions are making a comeback. The nice thing about standard transmissions is that they force you to pay more attention to the act of driving, and less attention to your phone or makeup or whatever other stupid thing is distracting you from operating a multi-thousand-pound missile.
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