GrandpaKip wrote:
Jebby14 wrote:
^ side note, i dont prefer a stick because its better (this stopped being true a long time ago) I prefer a stick because i like the driving experience better. Nobody would build me a V8 4x4 with a stick (shy of a G wagon or something excessive) so i went auto.
The last truck I drove with a stick was a Chevy C30. 4 speed w/granny, no power steering or brakes. I don’t remember it being a better driving experience ;-)
Sports cars need a stick.
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Yep, although I didn't drive a stick, one of my brothers did back in the 70's with a 66 Comet, three on the tree.. Had a 170 CU engine but he could toss you into the back seat shifting it under full throttle.. He wore out the column shifter and ended up installing a floor shift, easier pattern but still, on clutch, shift up, on clutch downshift and coming to a stop don't forget to shift to 1st..
Fun as a kid, but I along with many on this forum hopefully grew out of the racing kid stuff when towing..
Your driving a tow vehicle that weighs in 5,000 lbs- 8,200 lbs empty then coupling 4,000 lbs-12,000 lbs trailer behind it, you are not going to win the hole shot at every light and expect a clutch or an automatic trans to live long.
As an adult with well over a couple of million miles of driving, I would quit my job in a heart beat if driving a manual transmission was my only source of getting back and forth to work.. Traffic lights, congested roads and plain idiots that do stupid things in front of me just would make a 100 mile daily round trip even worse if had to manually shift gears and stomp on clutches..
I wouldn't ever wish or tell someone to go out and intentionally buy a manual shift for a tow vehicle for towing in today's traffic..
