I enjoy it myself, would never drive an automatic unless I had to.
It’s also funny to pull up at a stop light and absolutely smoke dumb ass teens in V8 Dodge Chargers with sludge-o-matics. My 4 cylinder subcompact is surprisingly fast accelerating on take off but a V8 is a lot faster in a long stretch.
I had a older diesel Benz, like a 1982 240D. Was a cool car but it rusted away here in the rust belt of America. If I moved to an area with mild winters or no winters, I’d buy a older luxury car and take good care of it. Doesn’t matter what you do though here, they all rust away eventually even if you undercoat them.