At 01:25 PM 5/23/97 -0700, you wrote:
>*snip*
>
>> If you've every watched a guy with a manual transmission trying to pull
>his
>> boat out of the water up a steep, slippery lauch ramp, you'd buy the
>> automatic for sure.
>>
>>
>> Rob Agnew
>> ragnew@islandnet.com
>>
>> Victoria, B.C.
>> Canada
>>
> Rob, I actually thought that way when I had a Mitsubishi p/u,
>and went to an automatic Dakota... With the 5 speed in my '95 Dakota,
>I've had no trouble pulling a boat out of a launch ramp (and one of the
>ramps
<snip>
>
> ..Sam '95 SLT
>
>
Sam:
Then you're the exception to the rule. At our club's launch ramp (which
isn't steep, but can be covered in slime or sand), 9 out of 10 gear jammers
spin their tires. It is particulary funny (sad) watching the guys burn
their tires with undersized trucks (Chevs, Fords, Nissans etc) pulling 17+
foot boats.
I've had both and I'll take an automatic on a boat launch ramp any day.
But just to qualify it further, I used to think a manual transmission was
the only way to go with a pickup (especially 4x4), but that was in the days
of three speed automatics and 4:11 rear ends. The auto gave you lousy gas
mileage both in the city and the highway and reduced power.
With a modern 4 spd. automatics and lock-up torque converters, those
problems are solved. Since my primary objective is function and comfort,
not racing Fords, I'll take an automatic any day.
Cheers :)
Rob Agnew
ragnew@islandnet.com
Victoria, B.C.
Canada
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