Looking for opinions on automatic vs stick
I'm looking at fords - F350 v10 dually between 1999 and 2005 and am wanting to know which performs better and holds up better, automatic transmissions or 5 speed manual transmissions. I'd appreciate y...
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If comparing automatic transmissions, you really can't include even 10 year old ones in the same sentence with the newest ones. Night and day difference. In my '15 I have yet to have that "what the **** is it doing NOW?" feeling. It does the right thing, uphill and down. If you feel you know better, then you can shift it manually as it has a progressive manual shift mode. I haven't had the need, other than to play with it. About the only thing you can say bad about it is that it is complicated.
I think manuals in diesel trucks are probably effectively outlawed by emissions law. But again, in 2001, many more faults to find in the automatics.
I think manuals in diesel trucks are probably effectively outlawed by emissions law. But again, in 2001, many more faults to find in the automatics.
