Questions for those who drive automatics...

You wills never be as truckem driver good as us. We hold and shift stick thing real good make us wear fingerless gloves and stuff . . . Grunt . . . . Shuffle . . . Grind.

 

No no no.....I ride a big boy bike!

 

I had an automatic for 2 yrs. I enjoyed it for the mountains and heavy Los Angeles traffic. Mine was Fully auto. No clutch pedal to use when you came to a stop or starting off. It did take some getting use to for winter driving. I only run the western 11 states. Pushing the buttons to shift gears. Also, if your an owner operator, when they do need to be worked on, their spendy. Not as cheap as changing a clutch out. On a scale on 1-10, I'd give it a 7.5. I'm back to a stick now and love having control of the ride.

 

I drove a Volvo with the Ishift auto for a while, really have no complaints. Definitely nice in stop and go traffic. Other than that, I'd just rather have a 13 speed.

 

I actually have to say, I drove two, one with and one without clutch pedal. I liked the one with clutch pedal better because the other one took off too fast when backing, I could feather the clutch in the other one to start off slow backing.

 

I drove a KW T700 with auto shift no clutch , loved it to death only complaint was the callous I had on my pointer finger from hitting D then R , Im a rook steering wheel holder by trade that has made the same as any shifter ..a real trucker we all know just knows how to gripe about anything on anyday ..now to find another company hiring in Floriduh that has autos , my torn up knee cant make me a real trucker ...

 

I've driven two different Mack road tractors equipped with M-drive trans, and my boss has a 2014 Mack CXU on order for me with an M-drive, in addition we have two M-drive equipped day cabs. No complaints at all with it, enjoy driving them very much. This will come after 14 yrs exp. and 1.6 mil. miles driving Autoshifts and 250,000 miles driving manuals.