I'Ve had 11 manual cars going back to the early 80's when I had a Honda Prelude. I switched to automatic because living in the GTA and driving kids to hockey and soccer was hard on my left knee. Also, with an automatic the highest gear is a little taller than the manual. 
As an aside my dad is 85 and still drives his Hyundai with a 6 speed manual. He actually had to redo his driving test on the road and passed while driving his manual. He bought this car a couple of years ago and this was his first manual. Good for him. He still loves to drive.