[Vigilanteman]

NYC is basically flat. Buckeye and I live in the Pittsburgh area. I grew up driving manual transmissions (flatlands of the upper Red River Valley) and was convinced I could make a go of it when I got my next car.

One afternoon of test driving convinced me otherwise.

[SoothingDave]

I had a manual trans little SUV for a couple of years. I learned that you can use the hand brake to avoid those challenging uphill starts where you are afraid of rolling back. So much easier.

Other than that, dealing with Pittsburgh terrain, you just have to downshift to go uphill sometimes.