Manual Transmission? Yea or Nay?
Still looking for the first truck in preparation for our first RV sometime next year and I've pretty much narrowed it down to an F2/350 with the V10. Not sure I want to roll the dice with a 6.0 Diese...
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Fast Mopar wrote:
The real reason people quit buying sticks (and quit learning to drive them) is because you cannot drink Starbucks coffee and text while driving a stick. Today for many people, driving the car is secondary to doing all the other things people do behind the wheel.
I prefer to be a driver who is engaged in the driving experience and my daily driver is a 5 speed stick (yes, even in heavy Houston stop and go traffic every day). I wish more tow vehicles had the option of auto or stick.
This statement is so true now days, cell phones (texting and calling), coffee, food, navigation systems. When you just need to step on the throttle, or the brake, people forget the little things Like looking!
That and I have noticed that many drives nowadays, don't seem to react as quickly to a bad situations. My mother taught me to drive 47 yeas ago, her hot rod brothers taught her! Two things she taught me ALWAYS be looking at least six or more cars down the road, not car lengths, be looking at least at the sixth car in front of you, you should never be surprised at what is coming down the road. The other thing is don't be afraid, to lift off the throttle.
