Your first day in traffic will change your mind. I like to think that I'm in pretty good shape and have fairly strong legs. After sitting in traffic, you'll wish you had an auto. Especially since you won't be sticking with a stock clutch. Anyone who doesn't live in SoCal or doesn't have bad traffic won't understand that you can go 5 miles in 20 minutes and think you're making good time. Now think about driving 100 miles a day, usually at least 50 is traffic for me.