I love shifting, we don't live in a congested area, and also because of reason # 3, our Z06 will only, and excitedly have the 7-speed manual.
Reason # 3, known as Annie's Rules: "You can buy whatever Corvette you want, whenever you want, with whatever options and subsequent mods you want, as long as: 1) we only have one Corvette at a time, and 2) you don't bring it home if it has an automatic transmission, for I do not drive any anything unless it has a manual transmission." [Annie is my wonderful wife, and without exaggeration, she will NOT drive any vehicle with an automatic trans.]