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Alaska,

 

good thing we never had standard transmissions in cars or pickups. Who knows how many people would have been killed in one of those if they had ever had them...

 

I only know from what I've seen on tv about ak so are you watching out for drunkin Eskimos or moose? haha

 

Haha watching for drunks in Juneau yes haha but no moose! Just bears. Friend hit one two years ago. We have probably the worst conditions imagineable. Every night we drop below freezing the barely thaw in the day. Freezing Rain, snow, and grades that will kill you fast if not on your game

 

No doubt man we've been dealing with a small portion of that the last few days I'll let y'all take all the snow an ice I don't want it!

 

Yeah up here our dream days in winter are clear and crazy cold because the roads get really dry and no worries

 

I would like to add to what PB said. You will also still have power steering as well.

 

you're going to have to downshift at some point, unless you're hoping to bring it to a "hopping" good stop with your manual in 7th

 

Your lack of understanding on how vehicles work is astounding. If the engine is dead, it's not going to "hop" or do anything other than just ease to a stop as you apply the brakes. The slower you go, the lower RPMs...all of the way to "0". It isn't like the engine is going to fight you once you get down below idle...it's already shut off.

If you had a manual transmission, you could reach up and turn off the key while rolling down the road leaving the vehicle in gear. That's exactly how it'll respond if the engine quit on you. Nothing exciting...just eases to a stop nice and smooth. Works in a car, too, if it has a manual transmission.

Instead of fuel burning in the cylinder forcing the piston to move and rotate the crank to put power through the transmission to the wheels, the power is coming from the wheels through the transmission to rotate the crank and keep the engine-driven accessories (air compressor, power steering, alternator, etc...) working.