Prime and Automatic Transmission
Discussion in 'Prime' started by CdlRookie1974, Sep 5, 2018.
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They have switched, but new students are still testing in standards last I heard...
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Manuals would be short lease, and those are drying up.. Automatics are the way to go. So much easier on the legs for us older folks...
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If you are in heavy freeway traffic you can't just give space and creep along. The tranny will sit and shift back and forth between gears. They have disabled manual mode, you can still select a certain gear, but it won't hold it for long.... back to square one.
It is terrible at "getting up and going". Try L.A city streets during rush hour. you can't just whip out and go. It will try to ship shift and fall on it's face, leaving you looking like a dummy right in the middle of the road. if you try and wait for the "extremely generous" break in traffic then the truck will shut down because you are "idling" for too long.
Way, way too much bean counting. Nothing safe about it.Metallica88, Dave_in_AZ, BlueThunderr and 3 others Thank this. -
I’m in day 2 of orientation at Prime, can confirm Prime has both auto and manual and we got to choose which to train with.
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