burningman wrote:
I really don't understand why it's taken forever for the manufactures to build transmissions with a wider overall ratio spread so we don't have this problem.
With my Gear Vendors overdrive, I always have my choice of 4.10 or 3.20. I love both in their own appropriate situations and would hate either if stuck with it all the time.
You'd think they would build 7 or 8 speed transmissions that gave you all the ranges you need.
They give us more than anyone has a right to expect from a pickup truck in just about every other way.
We have 7sp auto in our 2008 sedan, so give pickups another 20 years and they will catch up with technology. :B
I think the main point is that customers don't make demand for fuel-saving features on pickups.
I am shopping around for new F350 dually and such thing like shorter cab, RWD or 3.73 differential simply don't exist on dealers lots, but all trucks do have sunroofs. :S
We have sunroofs on our cars and open them only once a year, at New Year eve while cruising Las Vegas Strip.
I have to build my pickup on the net and wait 2 months to have what I like.
