I avoid automatic transmissions REGARDLESS of who makes them. They are just something that require too much maintenance and they are too expensive when they break.

That said, I could drive a Hitler Wagon TDI with a manual transmission and probably get along with it okay in spite of the fact that I would be cussing my butt off every time I put a stupid timing belt on it. Where I would absolutely draw the line would be about one with an automatic.

If I bought one, however, I would be afraid that it would fall of the road before I could get it home and install the thickest rear sway bar that I could find for it. What a goofy handling car.