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I'm hearing there is a wait for trucks, but I have no idea how long that will be. You may just luck out and get one right away. You just never know.

 

Thanks for the info! All my vehicles except the one I currently drive have been manual transmission. Do you think that would make it easier to get the hang of shifting the truck, or that there are bad habits I need to break?

 

A manual transmission in a vehicle other than a big rig have what is called synchronized transmissions...those you don't have to Dbl clutch...that is what double clutching does...gets the rpms and gear speed into synch.

To the OP...as far as a wait for truck out of Lancaster....you could get right into a truck you wish you would have had to wait for another! If you get my drift.

Been hearing some horror stories about the Lancaster shop and truck issues with repairs...then the "change truck offer" wasn't accepted because of the condition of the truck they offered to change into.

 

My 2 cent for what its worth: On a road test they should have the driver, drive the way they normally do it. A road test is meant to judge a potential drivers skill set. Once you start instructing the testee how to drive you're defeating the purpose of giving the test. Because, they are naturally going to start to drive like a robot just to pass and get it over with. On the other hand, if you allow the person to drive normally you get a lot better grasp of their short falls, then they can be addressed and hopefully fixed before that driver hits the road.

 

the test is to make sure the driver knows how to do it the company way. if the policy is to double clutch, then they want to make sure you know how to double clutch.

 

Did you bump your head when they pushed you off the common sense wagon?

Really driver....this is trucking....common sense took a hike many, many years ago!

 

:smt064 Well at least they can't say I didn't try. lol :smt075

 

Depends ... How long and how do you drive. I'd been driving for forty years before I learned to drive truck. Lots of drag racing, autocrossing and just abusing sports cars in general. ... I've been out here for almost 2 years now and I'm still a mess. I want to race through the gears - my mind says slow and smooth, my muscle memory says redline and fast.

 

I used to be the same, but then wizened up. Last two cars I had were not performance vehicles, just an SC2 and a Cavalier. I would always rev match in those to make the shifting smoother, first by the tach and then eventually you learn how to do it just from the sound the engine makes.