I guess it depends on the car, but most modern cars it’s NBD to drive manual in stop-and-go traffic. There are a handful of models that can make it a pain (e.g. Challenger, Nissan Z), but Honda and Mazda and many others are easy peasy even in dense traffic.

Here is a great documentary about the history of Musk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-FGwDDc-s8

The BRZ looks so good in that color!