I wonder if they had these kinds of conversations when they went from 2 stick transmissions to air shift?
why you do not want a automatic.
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lcfd15 Thanks this.
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The only thing I hate about automatics is that they spin tires too easily, making winter driving more of a headache.
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had a tow truck with automatic tow me into shop..tow trk had to stop as the brakes were burning up....no downshift????
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Too proud to admit an automatic is awesome for city driving!
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When I was 18 I drove truck for a farmer out in South Dakota in and old Pete cab over shifting gears and having a great OL time. Now 20 years later I decided I wanted to drive truck again and borrowed my buddies 389 Pete. Loved it pretty good at floating the gears even after l these years. So I went out and got my cdl. Got hired on with a awesome local otr outfit. Come to find out that all their trucks are automatics. At first wasn't real happy about that since I loved pulling gears but the autos aren't terrible either I guess. Some days I would rather be shifting than there are some days while in heavy traffic I'm ok with the auto shift
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I had an auto volvo 670 for a few months, the only time in"sorta" liked it was in traffic, now I'm in a prostar (cummins) with 10spd and I would never get back in an auto again. Just a few short months in an auto made me appreciate gears much more
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