Get the stick, get the stick, get the stick. Side note, and I can't confirm personally, but I hear that on the Mazda 3 (and maybe the 6), the car won't stall if you don't give it enough gas when letting out the clutch...it'll throttle up just enough to keep it alive.

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