Indian River

I’m on the let’s bring back the manual transmission committee also LOL.

 

Not me, I am firmly in the "Don't wanna do more for the same money" camp.

 

Well, with how you kinda stay in the Northeast I don't blame you.

 

I prefer the manual except in heavy stop and go traffic.

 

People will probably think I'm insane but I actually still prefer a manual in traffic. The automatic shifts back and forth between gears too much and won't hold a gear in traffic and it gets on my nerves.

 

Does your auto have a manual mode active that you can set it in to stop that from happening?

 

It does, but manual mode in this truck only makes it hold the current gear. So when I do need it to change I have to turn manual off and hope it goes for the gear I wanted and then turn manual mode back on if I wanna then hold that gear. At that point, why not drive a manual?

 

Oh that sounds irritating. Every one I've ever driven has allowed you to use the manual buttons to change gears in manual mode.

 

Most companies are just getting the automated transmissions and not fine tuning them specifically for the tanker application. There's different shift points available depending on what you're doing. The tanker shift profile has programming that will make the transmission shift gears quicker to combat the surge. I'm no expert on it but, I'm sure that someone that knows more can chime in.