[jrbancel]

"Automatic" is way to broad to be correct.

A DCT (Dual Clutch Transmission) like the Porsche PDK is not remotely comparable to a torque converter based transmission. Yet, both are categorized as "automatic".

[Marazan]

And one of those cost approximately my annual salary and the other doesn't.

Telling people automatics are great when you are referencing a type that the majority of people will never have a chance of owning is a classic Hacker News manual-vs-automatic discussion trope.

[jrbancel]

Plenty of cars cheaper than a Porsche have a DCT.

Golf R, many Kia: e.g. a brand new Kia Soul for $22k.

[Marazan]

I bet you dollars to donuts that the average person doesn't spend 5 figures on a car. They spend 4 figures on a second hand model.