Originally Posted by
trooper
If the vehicle has a modest sized engine for its size (and with petrol prices in Europe I would assume that to be the case) , AND you are going to be driving on winding (hilly?) roads.. you would surely be much BETTER off with a manual wouldn't you??

That's asking for a world of cultural differences to be changed

BTW I completely agree with you. Driving an automatic on roads like that is
awful.