I thought the auto suited the car just fine. I havn't driven a manual 240, but I imagine it would be a lot like my Yugo, constant shifting to keep it in the narrow powerband, and it's still not much faster.
I'm looking for a car to keep for a while. The current owner says this is the nicest body that he has seen in a long time, which is the reason he bought it in the first place.

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Mike
1983 Mercedes-Benz 300SD 270K
1960 Ford F250 62K
1990 Mazda Miata 156k

The thing is Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.