Until I get bored with it… Or within 6 months of the lease being up. Current M4 is financed, so it’ll be the former, which is typically around 3-4 years/40-50K miles… But miles don’t matter much.

Auto. Modern autos shift faster than I ever could in a manual (yes, even the ZF8). For sheer amount of types of driving done, for me an auto is just better quality of life and still enough fun when I want it to be with it’s manual mode.

Shit, I even use the quick shifter on my bike must the time over the pure manual.

I never given two shits about the “pure driving experience” everyone argues a manual gives you. My car is no less fun to drive as an auto, it’s just less work.