It took me forever to find a 6 speed! People in the city must like the autos. I tried it with my Grand Cherokee and hated it. I would just rather shift the gears my self

 

Get out of the City a few miles and the lots out there will have more manual transmissions. The automatics won't hold up pulling loads of horses and cattle and us county boys know that. I got all my trucks off the lot with a manual transmission. I won't even look at a truck with an automatic.

 

Went to a lot the other day in the city. They had 4 duallies. One was an auto. That was in VA. In all the trucks I saw in SC I only saw 2 6 spds in the last 2 years. It is all regional and what the dealer feels like ordering.

 

Please don't tell my truck it can only do about 80, I was up to 100 on my way home the day I bought it and had to hit the brakes cause traffic slowed me down. My speed was still going up when I hit the brakes.

 

I brought mine before you could get the 48RE. I had to order my truck, nobody had a sport model diesel six speed on the lot.

 

i had to order mine... not a chance i was going to find one optioned as i wanted it..

 

I was racing a newer Chevy 3/4 ton gasser, and I was backing off a little over 105 to let the poor fellow catch up and then I smoked him again!!

 

Didn't read many of the replies but, I ordered mine and it just so happened they had one exactly like it on the lot.

Like many, I wanted the NV5600 with single plate clutch before the G56 dual mass flywheel came out. I don't mind the G56, but the gearing is like the NV with a 4.10 and I only tow a 12k trailer. I wanted better hwy fuel economy (at speeds around 80mph). I am not a fan of the self adjusting clutch.

 

I had to have a local dealer do a dealer trade to get my six-gear back in 2002.

NV5600 is joy on a stick Until you hit bad traffic

 

The ironic thing.... my Neon is a 5 speed! bought it used off the lot like that, man what I would to to change that to an auto, and my truck to have 3 pedals on the floor! But man, I'd never drive the car again!