LOL! Pretty broad statement given the fact there are about "950" +/- 2022 5BW A10'a out there? I believe more than the M6? If you ask those owners (A10) ? Im one of them, here is my take, I love the car, I'm 56 and waiting on grandkids! Retired. Here is my reason. Absolutely love the A10, you keep the M6 (its fantastic) enjoy and I will enjoy my 5BW with an A10 if thats ok with you? Had plenty of fun with manual tranny over the years. Enjoying paddles now or days.
Personally, I wish we could stop beating this dead horse. I see both side of this.
My son is a die hard, doesn't want anything else but a manual, guy. I could care less either way. I drove big trucks for decades. Over a million miles on my ass, probably a lot closer to two million than I think. 6 speeds, 8 speeds, 10 speeds, 12 speeds, 18 speeds. All over the east coast and mid west. Bumper to bumper DC Metro traffic, NYC traffic, Connecticut traffic on I-95. I'll agree when I was tearing up the Coronado Highway here in AZ, I was thinking how much fun it would have been in a manual verses using the paddle shifter.
I just don't want to do it anymore, and as I get older, I'm getting more aches and pains. Few months back, I hurt my right shoulder. No way I could have easily shifted a manual. A few months ago, I was hiking in Bryce Canyon and hurt my left knee. I was thanking the good Lord that I didn't have a manual. That's how much pain I was in. I could barely walk.
I plan on keeping my Blackwing for a very long time. The last thing I want is to find out I can't drive it because I hurt something, broke something, pulled something, etc. There are guys on here who have other "issues" that prevent them from having a manual.
You do you and lets all respect the decision we individually made to get whatever tranny we got.