Want a Porsche, cant drive stick!

[asnigro]

Well I wouldn't want to go into a dealership and not know how to drive stick. I want to test drive the car before I buy it and I am sure that wouldnt go over well with the salesman, me stalling and grinding the heck out of the gears.

As for the Tiptronic option, from pictures, it looks like you can have the car in 'M' versus 'D' (is this true?). Is it only when the car is in 'M' do you have to press the buttons on the steering wheel, and when in 'D' it is just a normal automatic?

It also seems that you run into less "overall problems" with the Tip as there is less to break versus a manual transmission(read that in a previous post).

It also takes me around 4 minutes to drive to work here in IL, so traffic really isnt a problem.

[luxury1]

You have to consider that we all had to learn at some point. When I graduated I bought a 3 series not knowing how to drive it. It was rocky for the first few days (especially in Pittsburgh) but I got the hang of it. A few automatic cars later I am getting another stick. It just adds so much to the experience...