Does Ram make new trucks with a stick shift or are they all automatics?
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Does Ram make new trucks with a stick shift or are they all automatics?
The majority of my vehicles have been manuals. I've taken many automatics out and replaced with a manual transmission. Not that easy or possible anymore as someone else stated. As much as I dislike my 65RFE (3rd gear is a joke) I'll never take my 6 speed (5 1/2 speed) automatic out and replace with the 8 speed automatic even tho the 8 speed is much more superior it's still a..........automatic! The cost wouldn't be worth it for me. If they made a kit or made it possible to make mine the 6 speed manual I'd use my automatic for a boat anchor!Years back I had two manual Dodge trucks, both Dakotas.
96 318 4wd 5-speed
97 V6 2wd 5-speed
Both were extremely fun to drive.
I so agree with you on that statement.. boat anchor ba ha haThe majority of my vehicles have been manuals. I've taken many automatics out and replaced with a manual transmission. Not that easy or possible anymore as someone else stated. As much as I dislike my 65RFE (3rd gear is a joke) I'll never take my 6 speed (5 1/2 speed) automatic out and replace with the 8 speed automatic even tho the 8 speed is much more superior it's still a..........automatic! The cost wouldn't be worth it for me. If they made a kit or made it possible to make mine the 6 speed manual I'd use my automatic for a boat anchor!
LOL, If you buy something that cost $4.53, hand them a $5 bill and 3 pennies and see what happens. Good luck at getting your 2 quarters back! Now I just tell them to keep the pennies, much easier!Finding someone who can drive a stick nowadays is as rare as a cashier who can make change of a dollar without the register.
A stupid populace is easily controlled.
Try in Canada .. we got rid of the pennies.. so now they need to round off and with the register to tell them the change.. how do they still mess it up .. lolLOL, If you buy something that cost $4.53, hand them a $5 bill and 3 pennies and see what happens. Good luck at getting your 2 quarters back! Now I just tell them to keep the pennies, much easier!
I taught my son and daughter how to drive a manual when they got their license. They both had and preferred them for many years, now harder to find them so they have automatics now. My daughters car gave out on her and one of her uncles gave her a car to use and it just so happened to be a manual but that wasn't a problem because she knew how to drive it. It's like riding a bike, once you learn how to ride you'll never forget. Point is you should know how to drive one just in case, you never know when it comes in handy!I feel badly that I got away from MT's prior to my kids being able to drive. Now I struggle to keep them interested in learning how to change out a flat tire. Many of your new cars don't even come with spares anymore!
The little 2015 Nissan Versa sedan I bought for my older kids to use for college/work has roll up windows, manual door locks and a $2 ignition key w/ no FOB. You had to see their faces when they first encountered these "options". LOL
With the automatic transmissions that you can shift manually nowadays, unless it's a classic why even bother with a clutch. A person can't shift faster than an automatic. They don't even offer a stick in the new Corvette.Unless you're talking something sporty or a muscle car, I say good riddance to them.
I've went the other way,i've replaced more Muncie's / T-10's etc., with automatics,and have always went faster. The old school muscle car manual transmissions with a Hurst shifter were killers on the shoulder after a day at the dragstrip,and would never live with my style of driving/racing,which is never lift on the shift,. I blew up more 4 speeds / clutches and driveline components with a manual then i ever did with an automaticThe majority of my vehicles have been manuals. I've taken many automatics out and replaced with a manual transmission. Not that easy or possible anymore as someone else stated. As much as I dislike my 65RFE (3rd gear is a joke) I'll never take my 6 speed (5 1/2 speed) automatic out and replace with the 8 speed automatic even tho the 8 speed is much more superior it's still a..........automatic! The cost wouldn't be worth it for me. If they made a kit or made it possible to make mine the 6 speed manual I'd use my automatic for a boat anchor!
Not going to disagree with you on the newer automatics being better but my older cars with a 4 speed, I watched more automatics fail so many times while my 4 speed went on and on and I never lift on a shift. I also know that automatics are faster especially now and I would never think I can out shift them. Have to say that I felt better shifting my old cars drag racing and still being able to run fairly consistent times than drag racing now and my vehicle running even more consistent because of computers. Now you can run down the track with your arm out the window and changing the radio station while being more consistent, not because I'm a better driver but because of computers. People do a lot better at the drag strip now days because of their cars, not them. Guess I just feel better making my vehicle do good because I know how to drive it instead of it driving me! I don't want a manual just for racing, they are just more fun to drive IMO. Guess you could call me a control freak! LOLI've went the other way,i've replaced more Muncie's / T-10's etc., with automatics,and have always went faster. The old school muscle car manual transmissions with a Hurst shifter were killers on the shoulder after a day at the dragstrip,and would never live with my style of driving/racing,which is never lift on the shift,. I blew up more 4 speeds / clutches and driveline components with a manual then i ever did with an automatic