We just had a big rain squall blow through here right at the start of rush hour. Interstate 5 is solid red for 60-70 miles. Who wants to shift in that
It kind of makes any car, a "fun car", provided its a reasonably good manual transmission and engine. I like hustling my Focus around town or on a windy road, do a few heel and toe, rev match downshifts, lift the throttle to tighten the line a bit on corner entry and then power out, all with the certainty the car isn't going to decide its time to shift for me.... Also usually a manual is more reliable than an auto. And if stupid CAFE regs hadn't been made that force top gear to be artificially short, a manual would get atleast the same mileage as an automatic.
Even in some stop and go traffic, I find I don't need to shift all that much or actually stop much either.... usually I can creep in 1st or 2nd gear for 95% of the time.