Many, many more autos produced. Its good for business. Sell more trucks at a higher price to customers who don't really know the difference. Lazy/easy prevails. No missed sales due to "I can't drive stick".

Sucks for those of us who want machinery that lasts forever.

 

People don't like to shift anymore. There are some car manufacturers that don't even offer manuals anymore. I would think that the fact that it is much harder to text and drive, if you have to shift, would be a good incentive to buy their newly driving kids a manual. I love my Getrag...Mark And to answer your question, they love their getrags also...

 

I agree with people not liking to shift anymore...When I was looking to buy a new Dodge 4x4 in 1983 I called all the local dealers looking for a W150 with a 318 and a NP435 and the only manual trans trucks on the lot at that time where the D50 Rams. I like select the gear I want, when I want and I like the Getrag, hence my current truck project.

 

Payload chart is, uh... interesting...

 

My neighbor was showing me his new Lexus (Toyota), I don't remember which model, but he was raving about the paddle shifters being like a manual. I told him that I see 2 problems with the car, too many doors (4) and not enough pedals. I then had to explain to him what I meant by it...Mark

 

I had a VW Jetta with a 2.0 Liter TDI diesel and the 6 speed DSG gearbox. The DSG has dual clutches and is set up for very quick shifts by changing gears on the odd side while driving through the even side then swapping clutches. Then to go back to the even side it shifts even gears while the odd side is engaged. It had an automatic shift system but no torque converter. It had a manual mode so the gears could be shifted when you want (with limits) and was a joy to drive. If I could find a heavy-duty version of this system for my truck I would love it but otherwise I'll stick with my GetRag.

Edwin

 

So, how much did VW give you for it, or did you take the fix and compensation?. I had a '14 5 speed Bug, really fast and 50 MPG's, but I couldn't pass up the amount they gave me ...Mark

 

Right at $18,500 IIRC. I didn't have room to park the truck and the VW along with the wife's Equinox. It got about 38 mpg the way I drive around town.

Edwin

 

Yeah, I paid around 32k for it out the door, drove it for 3 years and VW gave me right around 28K for it. That includes the 1k good will money and the surprise 1k that I got a couple of weeks ago from the State of AZ lawsuit against VW., nice little surprise.Thanks VW glad you cheated...Mark

 

We all know to say geh-TRAHG, right?

 

I call it GetRag because of the leaks from my worn out tranny. The rebuilt one doesn't leak.

 

Wow, serious necro-thread. Yall brought back a 10 year old thread from 2008?

 

And your point is?...Mark

 

 

LOL no point, just observation. It was poignant to me as I was thinking about this question when I stumbled on the thread. Just good timing is all. Not that I pay attention to my towing capacity as I haven't towed anything with mine YET, but as a point of curiosity, I wonder what mine would be rated at today with all the mods I have done plus a PO adding 3" pads to the rear brakes when the truck was only 50K miles old. Ok, second point of curiosity, anyone know how to identify if a PO also upgraded the wheel cylinder to the 1"? I have nothing to compare it to....so......