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Dadoffourgirls
Mar 17, 2015Explorer
It is ironic that I just spent the last week in a vehicle with a manual transmission connected to the 6.2 gasoline engine in a Camaro.
I was thinking this morning as I shifted that it would be great to have this combination in a 1500 Crew Cab long box. I averaged over 22 mpg with this car, including 0-60 in less than 5 sec, and listening to rear tires chirp on the shift to second gear. (I may have also tested the g meter in the heads up display on freeway ramps.)
Then I thought about how I never managed to drink my coffee on the way to work, how difficult it was to make perfectly smooth shifts, and trying to get it into reverse and back uphill smoothly.
So tonight, I will probably not know what to do with my left foot, but will know why I love the automatic transmission in my HD.
I was thinking this morning as I shifted that it would be great to have this combination in a 1500 Crew Cab long box. I averaged over 22 mpg with this car, including 0-60 in less than 5 sec, and listening to rear tires chirp on the shift to second gear. (I may have also tested the g meter in the heads up display on freeway ramps.)
Then I thought about how I never managed to drink my coffee on the way to work, how difficult it was to make perfectly smooth shifts, and trying to get it into reverse and back uphill smoothly.
So tonight, I will probably not know what to do with my left foot, but will know why I love the automatic transmission in my HD.
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