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10-21-2011, 09:52 PM | #1 |
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Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
Wanna install a 5 speed in my 72 have a 700r and it works great zero problems but miss a stick. Everybody tell me that i will get tired of shifting in this stop and go traffic in nashville.
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10-21-2011, 09:57 PM | #2 |
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
I hate shifting, especially in our trucks. Im glad I dont have to drive my truck in traffic. I would have to break down and put that automatic set up I got for it years ago ...
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10-21-2011, 10:02 PM | #3 |
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
traffic cant be as bad as here in la. i love driving stick. getting behind the wheel of a automatic is sometimes relaxing but it all depends what you feel more comfortable with.
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10-21-2011, 10:04 PM | #4 |
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
how old r u ?
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10-21-2011, 10:09 PM | #5 |
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
t5 tranny clutch should be lot less stiff i would rock it if i had it then again i am converting mint to 700r4
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10-21-2011, 10:17 PM | #6 |
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
My 1993 Toyota Corolla beater is a 5-speed I drive daily in Dallas traffic and my 01 Dodge diesel that I use when I need a truck is a 5-speed too. I don't think twice about it.
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10-21-2011, 10:18 PM | #7 |
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
I"m 31 owned several sticks in past. My dad is 67 and has had a stick every since i was a kid
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10-21-2011, 10:21 PM | #8 |
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
I've got three[ soon to be four] trucks. Two are autos one is a 3ott soon to be a T-5 [two trannys collected ] I have already gotten a Camaro T-5 and an S-10 T-5. I will be putting that in the truck that I got in last. I don't drive in Nashville, did when I was a kid ,went to NADC were the school moto is or was get greasy easy. Anyway now I am fatter lots older and still want that 5 speed but agian I live in a small town and my shop is 6 miles out in the country.
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10-21-2011, 10:53 PM | #9 |
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
I guess it would depend on where you live. More traffic and stoplights etc. the auto might be better. But if tour in a rural area or drive mostly on the highway the 5-speed would be ok. It is a big decision with all the work it takes to change over, clutch pedal, hydrolic clutch, etc. etc. Having owned many stick tranny cars and trucks they do wear you out in traffic pretty quick. But i'm not saying i wouldn't own another one either. They are fun sometimes! Joseph
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10-21-2011, 10:58 PM | #10 |
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10-21-2011, 11:09 PM | #11 |
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
I won't buy a vehicle that isn't a stick or that I can't convert
That said, both my HHR and my truck have STIFF clutches, so traffic can be a little bit annoying. I find that as long as I don't sit with the clutch in for more than a few minutes (I spend a lot of time in neutral in traffic) it doesn't bother me in the slightest.
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10-21-2011, 11:14 PM | #12 |
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
Automatics are for girls...
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10-21-2011, 11:17 PM | #13 |
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
I guess thats why so many chicks want to drive my trucks....it all makes sense now. Joseph
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10-21-2011, 11:23 PM | #14 |
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
have most of parts bell housing, push rod pedal spring. Using old threes speed bell housing no hydrolic clutch have to find. a drive shaft.
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10-21-2011, 11:44 PM | #15 |
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lets race then......
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10-22-2011, 12:16 AM | #16 | |
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
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I got a TH400 sitting in the garage .... will sell cheap
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10-22-2011, 12:53 AM | #17 |
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
My 70 stepper has a six siily and three on the tree and I love to drive it. (brings me back to high school) cheers, Pat
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10-22-2011, 03:14 AM | #18 |
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
Real hotrods have that 3rd peddle! That said, I have been driving a stick shift all my life(54 yrs young). I do have to say I skip gears in the in town stuff(1st to 3rd to 5th(6 gears is a lot to row....if you aint racin) But man , when you let em all 6 go..... crazyL
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"Auto's are for girls" really ? c'mon vectorit ......do you really think that or you just tryin to get guy's running automatics like me to respond. Most of the baddest street trucks on the road have built auto's. Don't get me wrong I love a T5, Muncie 4speed, or a T10, there fun to shift and can run with the modern auto's. Hell I even have a Yota pickup with a V6 and a 5 speed and I love it. What transmission you run all comes down to purpose, budget and personal choice. I used to run a SM465 "granny" and I have to say that thing was bullet proof....but I love fast acceleration so I went with a built THM350. My first impression I was blown away how much faster it was as well as more fun to drive, either in auto or manual "ratchet" mode. My first choice though was a TKO tremec 5 or 6 speed, Corvette/ Viper style.....but it was a thousand dollars more. So I went with the auto and now it runs low 14's in the quarter. So anywhoo, still luv your burb, even if you still think that a 14 sec C/30 dually with an auto is kinda "girly" Rush.......................... Last edited by RUSHNBOBO; 10-22-2011 at 08:10 AM. |
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10-22-2011, 07:57 AM | #20 |
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
I grew up in Goodlettsville and had a manual shift vehicle all my life.I hate the stop at a red light and then the car in front of you keep creeping up. By the time the light changes, there's a good car length or so from where you stop and the car in front of you.I'm putting a 5 speed in the 69 in trying to work on if my real job and house project will give me some time to do it.
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10-22-2011, 08:40 AM | #21 |
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
Got a stick in both Trans ams, but my trucks will have autos (t-400s). Like the lazyness of the auto.
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10-22-2011, 09:00 AM | #22 | |
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I added up the miles Ive driven for my job a few years back and it was quite a bit over a million. Thats not long haul cross country stuff, its mostly city driving (copier/printer filed service tech). Western Washington isn't flat any where, and the traffic is right up there with the worst in the nation. Thats why I prefer an automatic.
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10-22-2011, 09:42 AM | #23 |
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10-22-2011, 09:51 AM | #24 |
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
I don't get tired doing much of anything,let alone shifting gears. I find myself more content with doing things the old fashioned way and maybe that's why I'm in such good shape with so little effort. I've heated with wood all my life and have yet to own a log splitter. I could go on but this thread is about shifting gears,right? All my kids started driving on manuals. My X-wife's first six vehicles with me were 4 or 5spds (hmmm...maybe that's why she left). Well,except the '63 Riviera that wasn't available with manual. My youngest is on his second vehicle,both 5spd. I've had so many manual vehicles it would take too long to list them all. I ordered my '92 K3500 with a 5spd and have been shifting that thing for just about 300,000 miles. My '67 GMC project is getting an M22. I can't wait to "drive" that thing. Pressing one pedal isn't driving in my book. Now,about my motorcycles...
I only stop once at a light. When bozos keep creeping up I stay put. One thing I like about manuals,you tend to not be one of the mindless drivers out there. You are more aware of your speed in town,parking lots,etc.because you know what gear you are in. You don't shift all the way up in a 25 mph zone,automatics do. With a manual you only go so long without having to put your mind to what you are doing,unless on the freeway. I just think,for the most part,a manual driver tends to be a more conscious driver.
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Re: Do you guys get tired of shifting gears?
Come to the land of 10,000 lakes and see how much you like that manual transmission. I went from manual to auto because a manual transmission at the boat lift sucks big time.
That stiff clutch also got real old real fast in bumper to bumper traffic on 35W during rush hour. If my truck was one of those girly, show only trucks I could see a manual again but for a truck that gets used the way the general intended it to, auto is the only way to go. One more thing... try plowing snow with a manual transmission.
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