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Never seen it before. Though, if we're talking fast cars that were little ****boxes...The ST reminds me of one of the fun cars of my misspent youth.
Not mine...I just always wanted one!
The ST reminds me of one of the fun cars of my misspent youth.
Not mine...I just always wanted one!
Top Gear approved the 2011 model ST.
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Hell yes. Real men drive manuals.
If people that drive Tauruses and Camries don't want sticks, whatever. I'll never drive one of those, so I don't care. But trucks should have sticks, real trucks that is. No exceptions.
Not for me. I drove a truck for years for the purpose of towing. Boats, utility trailers, campers. I personally definitely did not want a manual for most of those uses. Most definitely not at the boat launch. I drove a wrecker for a number of years...manual that went through clutches frequently with it's standard duty use.
I've towed with both, and I'll take a stick 100% of the time. There is a reason that 99% of class A trucks have manual transmissions. Torque converters are the ****ing devil when you have 30,000+ lbs behind a 3/4 ton pickup.
Class A trucks haul very heavy loads and have manual transmissions built to handle the load. They're huge. They do need those ultra low gears for climbing grades with a load on. But I don't drive anything like that. I don't think I ever pulled 30,000 lbs. Half that was more typical and autos for those applications are actually often heavier / beefier and stronger than the manuals available as stock. You can fortify the auto for extreme use...including the TC, like the drag cars do for 1000 HP or more. You can put a heavy clutch in a manual too that will greatly extend their life in extreme conditions. They're not much fun in stop & go traffic. I put a couple s'chargers on two different Mustangs which fried the factory clutches in a week. You won't get away with a 100+ HP power adder on a factory clutch for long. I just have no wish to nurse a clutch for smooth extraction of a 15,000 pound boat at a steep launch with the hidden submerged pits you often run into. Both Mercedes and Cummins diesels have excellent low end torque for that type of use connected to an automatic that functions well. Haven't had a manual truck now since 1997 and that shifter sucked with very long throws ans a general vagueness per finding 3rd vs. 5th. Maybe they're improved nowadays.
NMUKat82's car (Chevy Cobalt) is a manual. Saved her at least a grand compared to the same car in an automatic.
Yeah, I understand. I drove a class A for 3 years in high school. There is a huge difference between a 15,000lb load and 30,000lb load, behind a pickup. Torque converters just slip, while you rev up the engine while you can start in a super-low 1st without any clutch slip, or easing into it, and get the thing started moving. There's a reason they have super-low, it is for your boat landing situation, you wouldn't have to baby my clutch at a boat landing if you did it right.
