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[spoon059]

I wish you could still buy a manual transmission in cars. I learned how to drive stick on my mom's car, my wife's first car was a stick. My first pickup for a 1995 Ford with the 4.9 I6 and 5 speed manual. I loved driving manual, made you feel like you were driving the car... not simply going for a ride.

 

[Mark31]

After working on my 97 RHD Cherokee mail vehicle, the mechanic scrubbed the left front door on a concrete pole support in the parking lot. When I went to pick it up before work early one morning, the battery was dead because the door wouldn't close. They denied responsibility about 4 seconds! By the way, it had an Aisen transmission. You should have heard the service manager when I told him I had to use a Toyota transmission filter in it! Priceless!! A dealer mechanic with a large girth wallowed all over my A/C condenser on my sig truck. I put on a guard from Genos after the fact. Got a call yesterday to go get my passenger-side air bag replaced. Hate the thought of having to set foot on a dealer yard! In my old age, I'm developing a very low BS tolerance.

 

[Newsa]

I wish you could still buy a manual transmission in cars.

You can in some models, but in south florida you have to special order it. They Don't put them on the lots. We ordered my girlfriends 2007. MAZDA and it still looks and drives like new with less than 50,000 miles on it.

Tried to special order a Ram 2500. But even with the buyer's service through my credit union it was way more than having it shipped from Kernersville NC. That buyers service was a real headache. I just bought off the lot 4 states away.

 

[sfritts]

I learned on a B61 Mack with a 9 speed I was only 15 and my uncle was the teacher and if you missed a shift he would say ( do you need rubber gears ) I is funny now but looking back it was a really good learning experence. the tough one was GMG with 427 and a 5 and 4 in a 10 wheeler (it was more than wore out )

 

[Brocky]

I learned on the hand clutch John Deere's and Alice Chalmers before I was big enough to be able to push a clutch peddle in.. When you got big enough to pick up a bale of hay, you got DEMOTED!! Double clutching just came naturally, as part of driving?In the last 60 years I have driven about every combination of transmissions built, but the most confusing were the 12 & 16 Spicer's, a 3 or 4 (respectfully) speed pattern with 2 air shift paddles, where you had to go thru neutral on every shift. Do not forget where you are!!!
All my children learned to drive a stick, but were amazed when I float shifted, not using the clutch, their cars. The fly by wire throttle peddles hampered that ability as you cannot "feel the pump" in your toe as easily.

 

[Newsa]

Those B series macks are some of the best looking!

 

[The patriot]

I learned on a B61 Mack with a 9 speed I was only 15 and my uncle was the teacher and if you missed a shift he would say ( do you need rubber gears ) I is funny now but looking back it was a really good learning experence. the tough one was GMG with 427 and a 5 and 4 in a 10 wheeler (it was more than wore out )

My Dad owned a B-61 with a 711 engine and duplex transmission.
Some of those splits were pretty cool.

 

[Cummins2014]

Surprisingly, I've never had that happen.

Not here either, I learned to drive a clutch on an old 52 chevy ( I think it was a 52 owned by my dad, its been a day or two ) with three on the tree , which had been reversed to the other side of the steering wheel, for whatever reason. Everything was backwards ,but no big deal as it was my first clutch ,and manual transmission I drove.

 

[Regcabguy]

I learned on my dad's Renault Dauphine. 3 on the floor. I remember him telling me to not look at the shift pattern on the knob.
I had a '58 Chevy with 3 on the tree. It would jam up and I had to crawl under it to manually shift it into neutral.
Nice first impression on a date.

 

[Grey Wolf]

I drove a few semi's when I was a young guy. Most back then were twin sticks, yes you had to concentrate or you'd forget were you were. My friends step father had an old IH that had a tendency for the linkage to get crossed over occasionally. We could always tell when it happened he would jump out the truck at a stop and get them back in place, all the time people honking at him:-laf

 

[SnoKing]

I drove a Titan 90 Chevy with 350 Detroit and 13 speed road ranger hauling 8500 gals of gas from 76-79. Really liked that transmission. SnoKing

 

[6V92TA]

And it got stuck in two gears at the same time, which was a common issue in the 70's, that would really throw them for a loop.

I had a 79 GMC , it did that all the time if you weren't careful how you worked that lever.. put a cheap floor shifter in it, but I had the shift linkages hooked up backwards, so !st was where fourth normally is... try driving that if you don't know it..

 

[dfb]

My 2004 Cummings was he NV-5600, 55 nomad three on the tree, 55 two door hardtop 3 on the floor.. 2010 challenger srt8 a six speed stick. To say the truth, I LOVE THE 17 aisin auto as I can't stand shifting. My 69 GTO auto never lost and would eat sticks all day. While the other guy is letting off the gas and shifting, the auto just keeps the power to the ground.

 

[DaveHess]

I wish mine was a hand-shaker..........

 

[jackvz]

Hilarious....I am originally from the Netherlands and when taking your drivers test, if you take and pass your test in a car with automatic transmission you are not allowed to drive a car with manual transmission. Needless to say that 99% of the students take the test in a manual transmission car.

 

[Yo Hoot]

And it got stuck in two gears at the same time, which was a common issue in the 70's, that would really throw them for a loop.

That's what the screwdriver is for.

 

[ArizonaShrink]

I, also, have a 2017 3500 [non-dual] with 6spd manual trans. Until reading your post I had never even thought about it.... I guess I need to be more aware...

 

[photowrite]

clutch......was wondering if anyone out there ever thinks about things such as this when they entrust their Ram to a service center?

For sure. In fact almost nobody drives my trucks but me. That's good for the trucks and me.

Unfortunately in the two most populated counties in Nevada we have diesel emissions/smog testing, which is on a dyno...so once a year I have no choice but to let someone else drive my truck for that.

Otherwise I do my own service, never valet, and avoid the dealer for recalls until absolutely necessary.

The minimal wear on my clutches and general vehicle condition are worth it. I bought it for me to drive. Particularly these days, where few can drive a manual transmission well, it's not worth it.

 

[GaryHayes]

Rodger that; Took my 2010 3500 (bought in 7/17) to my favorite mechanic shop & only one person on the staff ( office & shop) knew how to operate clutch ( What's that extra pedal for?)

 

[nipstech]

Definitely had those concerns but once mine went out of warranty I have a friend who is a diesel mechanic (he has a RAM Turbo Diesel) and he does the work for me for a lot less money and better quality than the dealerships. As far as the wash goes, I would have told the dealership about it and have it noted in the service record just in case it causes any problems down the road.