i've cursed on it, hit it, changed the knob on it, just couldn't get it to work correctly... so i got a stick.
it's worth it if you live above north carolina tho... i know...
that's a lot of money for to change a tranny... i'm sure it's worth it, but why couldn't you get a stick when you bought the car? that's my question... i just got the SS (98 lude ss) because i lived in upstate and couldn't drive a stick before... (now stick, 2001 lude)