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99F350 trucks
In a message dated 4/30/99 5:14:52 PM !!!First Boot!!!, lindap@lcc.net writes:
<< Just my .02, but as a short-legged, not-so-fit, tubby but not-quite-50
> (close, though) woman, I just traded my automatic (gas 460, not a
> powerstroke) for a manual diesel, and I will not EVER go back to an
automatic
> unless someone saws one of my legs off! I wouldn't trade the control I
have
> in a manual for all the tea in China, inconvenience or not!
Amen to that!! I have a gas 460 engine in my F350, but the transmission
is manuel. I am pushing 50, have bad knees, bad back, etc. but will not
buy an automatic -- been in the mountains with a friend when her brakes
went out on her automatic Chevy. At least if I loose brakes in my
manuel, I still have gears to slow me down!
>>
Maybe this has changed but when we bought our last truck we were told not to
buy a manual. We were told that an automatic was much easier on the engine,
seeing that it could change gears when it needed to?! I believe I also read
this in Trail Blazer a while back?! Any comments on that one?
Johnna (in snowy Arizona)
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