Sticks are great fun. I broke my 5-speed 3 times and twisted the rear axle
(Dodge covered all of it!) New Dak is auto, and I'm happy. A good converter
and a shift kit, and your right up there with the stick (not as fun, but
you can't have everything, and I don't have to replace the clutch every 2
years), and you're not off the throttle while shifting. Not to mention
consistency. Only my opinion (but I have had 1 auto Dak, and 1 stick, and
I'm glad my R/T is auto). I did talk to a friend at Chrysler corp. about
putting a 5-speed in the R/T. He said it wouldn't hold up. That has been my
experience. Glen.
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> From: N2mopars@aol.com
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Gear Jammers
> Date: Sunday, October 18, 1998 6:26 PM
>
> In a message dated 98-10-18 18:28:53 EDT, you write:
>
> << Based on RPM, engine sound, road conditions, and a billion
> other variables completely foreign to an auto tranny, my amazing
> supercomputer-like brain computes the precise gear I should be in as I
push
> in the clutch, and bring up the rpm's. Biceps rippling, I slam the
stick
> into
> the proper gear and the clutch is already on its way back up. The power
> kicks
> in like a JATO rocket burrowing into my chest. My radar detector tears
off
> the
> windshield with an unholy shriek and smashes through the rear window.
The
> tires
> smoke, the front end raises 3 feet, the asphault wrinkles as it bleeds
molten
> rubber, and I'm screamin' down the road executing the remaining shifts
with
> perfect timing and precision. Babies cry, men cringe in fear, and women
> stare
> adoringly. In mere seconds, I dissapear over the horizon and become
nothing
> more than a memory. The local elders will pass the legend of the manual
> tranny
> down through the generations. It is said that one day this warrior will
> return
> to free the world of the tyranny of the auto trannies forever. (Editors
> note:
> the preceding paragraph may have contained slight dramatization.)
>
>
> > AND ya don't need a
> short
> >shifter :-) the only thing the auto doesn't do for me is help my
terrible
> >reaction times :-)
>
> Heh heh heh! And I'd like to keep it that way, if possible. ;-)
>
>
> -Jon- >>
>
>
> OH MY GOD, I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am still crying tears
of
> laughter!!!!!!!! That was awesome, just about says it all!!!! YES!
>
> Brad
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