I have always driven manual cars for that reason. But when we got a Spark EV (the least possible electric car) my wife and I had to argue about who got to drive it. Even a crisp shifting manual with a lively engine feels sluggish and unresponsive compared to electric drive. It's like using an old budget phone with a resistive touch screen compared to using an iPad. Both sort of do the same thing, but one makes you happy and one makes you sad.