Ball buster? There was a guy gassing up a Ferrari near me today. I had to walk over and take a look. Beautiful machine. Politely I asked if I could look inside if I didn't touch anything and he agreed. When I opened the driver's door I noticed only 2 pedals then saw the paddle shifters. I asked and he said it was like an automatic. Like?! 2 pedals =golf cart to me. He seemed a bit annoyed that I noticed.
My Subaru outback has paddle shifters as well. I never use them but they are there
The third pedal has saved my life twice. Once when I had a complete catastrophic brake failure, I drove to my mechanic, no problem.