Get the manual, first off. We have an auto 4-cylinder Six and while it's a good car for my wife, and a decently fun car to drive in manumatic mode and stomping the gas, the throttle lag and gearing with the ATX just drive me nuts. I like the car, though.

"Think of it, if you like, as a librarian with a G-string under the tweed." Clarkson on the Mondeo.