Any companies still run manual transmissions?

You can manually shift an auto. But when fleets have them set up in economy mode then the computer takes back over if it doesn’t like what you’re trying to do manually. Most of the displeasure comes from how they are programmed and not the actual transmission.

 

Only autos I saw were a few Mack dirt merchants back in the 70s, nothing common until the illustrious Prostars were brought to market with the auto transmission from HELL.

 

Less of a gender debate and more of a generalized; "blue collar vs. white collar, skilled labor vs. engineers and comp-sci graduates" fist-fight. The egg-heads introduce some new product, the business majors running the company love it, those of us down at the bottom have to eat it or leave it.

 

I couldn't imagine driving an auto with manual disabled. Must be a nightmare Lol. The food service place i worked at had a mix of 10sp and DT12. The only time i was happy to have an auto was stuck in NYC traffic

 

They can’t make an automatic that lasts more than 150k or so in a pickup truck.

But They can make a slush box that last a million plus miles in a class 8 like a manual trans does ?

I can see where it’s nice to not have to let off the pedal
And lose the turbo boost,
but if I worked for a company that gave me a slush box that I couldn’t manual shift , I’d be looking for another place to work.

 

Pride does not run the finest equipment on the road. Have yet to see a 389 or Kenworth W9 in their fleet.

 

That be some low rent company to disable manual mode on a auto. Without manual mode you never get your foot off the brake on hilly secondary highways…..

 

1985, I used to shuttle u-haul trucks and they had some autos.

the mechanics hated them. always broke.

 

No, it's a company thing, when bean counters override the drivers, you get this. Sadly, what needs to happen, is the bean counters get drug out the door by the short hairs, placed in the passenger seat, and taken for a ride to see how counting beans makes jobs difficult. I've driven auto's with all the xtras turned off, demo trucks, I despised them, I've driven auto's with all the xtras turned on, smart demo trucks, world of difference.