[obermd]

I'd say your coworker is either jealous or simply doesn't understand the joy of rowing your own gears.

 

[obermd]

on the automatic, you can go M1-6, for a person that doesn't know how to drive Manual, could you learn with this? Obviously not the clutch part but figuring out when to down and up shift.

Nope. The computer still does too much.

 

[obermd]

On the way home dealer called and car was ready. Remember I was quoted @$700. Well it turned out they only needed to change the disk and pressure plate(didn't need slave cylinder or flywheel) Said disk was @85% worn. $360 with an oil change and tire rotation. Drives like new car again! I wonder if the first dealer I went to would have figured out problem yet?

Excellent. The first dealership probably doesn't even know what a clutch is (other than $$$)