the best thing on the autos is that a slight relaxation of the brake pedal will restart the car. Manuals are a pain as you have to dip the clutch. or just turn the whole thing off.
Personally - I hate the damn thing but like many other emissions control devices it's here to stay so we'll just have to get on with it. Pretty sure though that my heavy accels outweigh any s/s benefit to the environment
