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> From: Carl Vidos <cvidos@io.com>
> To: Rob Agnew <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Subject: Re: Auto vs 5-spd; was Re: DML: 1998 Dakota R/T (questionabout
the R/T!)
> Date: Sunday, October 12, 1997 10:32 PM
>
> Rob Agnew wrote on 10-Oct-97 10:48:05
> >It seems that the automatic is the transmission of choice for
> >towing mainly because of the gear ratios of the 5 speed...
> >too wide a spread in the higher gears.
>
> Do WHAT? Fourth gear in the manual is 1:1, just like THIRD gear
> in the automatic. I dare the gear spread in the stick is
> probably CLOSER than the manual.
>
> Don't you auto guys just lock out overdrive when towing heavy
> loads? We stick guys just don't shift into fifth. Same thing.
>
> Carl (loving the stick vs. auto argument for the 20th time) Vidos
>
I use 5th gear, when the rpm's are above 2500 rpm in
5th...below 2500 rpm (in 5th), I go to 4th gear... No lugging, no
problem.. My auto couldn't do it!!
Sam '95 SLT
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