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wilber1 wrote:

larry barnhart wrote:
Hard for me to understand needing more gears. Our GMC Acadia has 6 speeds, our 98 Buick park avenue had 4 and it was a great set up. Our 5 speed trannie in our chev works great .
chevman

It's hard to understand until you have had them. Automatics have gone from two speeds, to three speeds, to four speeds, to five and six speeds. So far I have never heard anyone say they wanted to go back to a transmission with fewer gears.

I drove a Cruze recently with a 6-speed slushbox...in a word, dreadful. It was constantly shifting up and down unless I was on the highway.

I'm surprised to see the Cherokee has such a big split between first & second gears.