At 03:26 PM 10/13/97 -0700, you wrote:
>----------
>> 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
>
>
Sam:
Just for clarification ... my comments were on a thread dealing with full
size Ram and Cummins diesels pulling 15,000 lb. 5th wheels. The rpm range
of the diesel is much narrower than a gas engine. The comment came from a
friend of mine who owns a RV shop and deals with Dodge Cummins owners on a
regular basis.
Carl Vidos chose to snip my comments and present them out of context. I
was not talking about Dakotas or gas engines.
Rob Agnew
ragnew@islandnet.com
Victoria, B.C.
Canada
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