We have a 2010 Fit, which we bought used in 2013, and love it. No problems with comfort, and we take a fair number of long-ish trips (6 hours to see one set of parents, 7 to the other.) The space is also great -- we moved last year and I was surprised at how much we could pack into this car!
It's automatic, but it's the 'sport' package which has sort of a pseudo-manual mode with paddle-shifters near the steering wheel. I don't use it a lot, but it's a nice to know it's there, especially since this is a snowy area. Normally we wouldn't have opted for the fancier package, but there were only a couple of used Fits available in our area when we were looking to buy, and this one turned out to be a better deal than the other base-package ones around.