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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I never had a desire to drive a truck manual on a daily basis although I did enjoy them in a car, except in traffic. I drove manuals for most of my life but no longer have one and I wonder how long it will take to lose the ability to heal and toe that took so long to learn well. That said, the ZF eight speed auto in my Audi is amazing. Always seems to be in the right gear. Shifts in 200 milliseconds. Can do non sequential shifts (can go from 8th to 2nd if necessary). In manual mode it will hold whatever gear you put it in until it basically decides the RPM is so low it has to shift down because you are to stupid to do it yourself. There really isn't much it can't do better than a manual. On top of that, manually shifting an eight or ten speed in daily traffic is not my idea of fun.
This type of transmission is the future for most vehicles. Almost all exotics now come with autos or twin clutch manumatics standard or as an option. The new Jaguar F Type doesn't even offer a manual option.
Those who say that anyone who favours autos is just a member of a herd, just aren't paying attention.
This type of transmission is the future for most vehicles. Almost all exotics now come with autos or twin clutch manumatics standard or as an option. The new Jaguar F Type doesn't even offer a manual option.
Those who say that anyone who favours autos is just a member of a herd, just aren't paying attention.
