automatics
#11
Originally Posted by roadhog
:? I think the people that want to drive automatics are somewhat shiftless.
That would drive me nutz, driving an automatic. I wouldnt know what to do. :P
#12
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Monticello, AR
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Well, when I was in training I started out on manual. The got a second trainer who had an automatic. I thought I would dread it at first but I found it to be very nice. Boy is it smooth, much smoother than u can be at a manual. We would get over 7 mpg going on I-40 throuhg canlifornia and western arizona, fully loaded. That's pretty impressive. It knows exactly when to shift to get the best mpg and I think that's why a lot of companies are looking into them. Managing fule costs can make or break a company these days. I also found that over a full day of driving I was less fatigued with an automatic, there's less you have to do or worry about. Having said that, I missed shifting gears and feeling the power of the engine and being in control...nothing like that feeling, especially climbing a grade now I'm back to a manual and made the transition just fine. Either way, you're still just as much of a driver. You're in control, you make the life and eath decisions everday. The transmission is just that...a transmission.
#13
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: East Central IL between the corn and the beans
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The same arguments were used when road ranger trannies were coming out.
Goes to show that history can repeat its self.
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#14
Originally Posted by Uturn2001
The same arguments were used when road ranger trannies were coming out.
(The air shifter *can* get out of whack and do ugly things you would never do with a stick in your hand. But I like only having one stick, thank you very much. I tried to drive a 4 and 4 or 5 and 4 or something, and that's too much work for me, Hoss.)
#15
Boy is it smooth, much smoother than u can be at a manual
It all depends on driver technique.
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