Exige - manual or flappy paddle?

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Hi all, I'm looking at buying an Exige 380 sport, any views about these cars or things to look out for would be appreciated

From what I can see for sale, a brand new one seems to be available at around 69/70k, although most seem to be asking nearer 77/78k.

I'm coming from driving Nissan GT-R's (R35) for the last 6 years, and have done over 100k miles in them, and fallen in love with dual clutch transmission flappy paddles. All the control of a manual instantly at your finger tips, plus downshift rev matching is sublime when changing down quickly through the gears.

Question is, would any of you ever buy a Lotus with semi auto box and paddles? I'm guessing it will have a fairly laggy response when pulling the paddles, compared to a DCT, and I'm guessing most Lotus owners would hate it and think of it as an old fashioned auto

Do the second hand values of semi auto Exige's crash quickly? Does anyone know the ratio of manual to auto cars built?

Thanks everyone!

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I can see this forum is going to be a ... bunch of fun!

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Thanks for those replies everyone, I really need to drive the auto, but from the sound of things I'll probably be getting a manual.