I dunno I think I may just be lazy. I do like the stick for power and control but the auto does fine with downhill control and anything i've dished out to it so far. The auto to keep from breaking loose really doesn't effect me, either way I have a heavy foot. I'm sure they have both their pro's and con's but eh auto fit me a little better with the amount of street driving the truck does. I plan on doing a Cummins conversion into the 70 in the next yr or 2 and going back to a stick using a NV4500 or the 5600, but thats in the future.

Yeah the only way I wanna be lined up next to Skipped Link is sitting in the passanger seat!