It all depnds on what "you" prefer to drive every day. Our opinions should mean nothing. Plain and simple. You must live with the vehicle and slap down the cash to purchase it.
I have both and would much rather drive one of the automatics (C5 or Escalade) the majority of the time and still not sacrifice any performance or joy of driving at the same time drink my coffee without acrobatics or endangering other drivers on the road.
Nothing like having big hp and torque under the right foot no matter what the left foot may or may not be doing.
When the mood hits me to manually shift I just pull out the '67 Z28, Chevy II 327 SS or '67 Chevelle 396.
But...... when I was younger (16-35 y.o) and had 2 good hips, I would drive (own) nothing but a manual (
automatics in the 60/70/80's were not as refind as the ECU controlled units made today ).