Death of a giant?
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Maybe the autos have gotten smarter. I have a manual because when pullin a trailer up hills more often than not, I have been in a situation were the auto shifs up and down sort of like in between gears. Too fast for a down shift, to slow for an upshift. With a manual it goes where I put it.
#65
Maybe the autos have gotten smarter. I have a manual because when pullin a trailer up hills more often than not, I have been in a situation were the auto shifs up and down sort of like in between gears. Too fast for a down shift, to slow for an upshift. With a manual it goes where I put it.
#66
The autos run from sensors and the computer. The autos I have driven even if you place the selector in 1 2 3 D or what ever you put it in, if the computer senses you are going to fast for that gear it will not go in. Same under a load. If you are going to slow for an up shift and the computer senses you are going to slow for that gear, IE lugging it. it will not go into that gear.
#67
The autos run from sensors and the computer. The autos I have driven even if you place the selector in 1 2 3 D or what ever you put it in, if the computer senses you are going to fast for that gear it will not go in. Same under a load. If you are going to slow for an up shift and the computer senses you are going to slow for that gear, IE lugging it. it will not go into that gear.
#68
I have driven manuals on all but one of my vehicles, starting back in the mid 60's, so I'm pretty comfortable with them. Maybe they have autos now, that shift when you want them to shift. I guess I will find out with my next truck. No option there. I know for sure I can squeeze better mileage from a manual.
#70
I have driven manuals on all but one of my vehicles, starting back in the mid 60's, so I'm pretty comfortable with them. Maybe they have autos now, that shift when you want them to shift. I guess I will find out with my next truck. No option there. I know for sure I can squeeze better mileage from a manual.
#71
the big deal is that ford is taking away something that some of us enjoy using. for some of us a truck is not merely a way to get from point a to point b, we enjoy the actual driving part of it. you should have the option to get what you want on a truck and we should have that same option.
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