At least you get to look at it all the time.

Red.

It isn’t as boring and significantly easier to resell.

Only reason to get black imo is if you KNOW you’re going to abuse it/be really dirty.

If it’s once or twice a week and not during rush hour, sure.

If you have to go through Manhattan or the BQE, especially during rush hour? You’ll rethink that manual real quick and wish you had adaptive cruise control with lane assist.

This also depends on how comfortable you are with stick. If you’ve been driving it the last ten years weekly, it should be alright. If you’re going over to a stick from an automatic… good luck!