The Ford 10-spds are fantastic! They'll smoke any stick vehicle for 90% of the driving cycles.
Manual transmissions are fun, I have a GT500 6-sp. 8-tracks are fun too.
If automakers want to market directly to customers (Tesla model) they need to communicate better than Sears Roebuck, hire competent IT people, and provide customers with an efficient way to track their vehicle orders. This is a mess at the moment.