RavensEyeOffroad
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So my wife and I are considering buying a Gladiator (Rubicon) in the next year (want to be completely debt free first).
We are torn on a single option however. I want a manual transmission she wants an automatic.
I prefer manual to auto in every way but most of my reasonings come from longevity's sake. A manual will just about always work. No limp modes, no shift solenoids etc.
I feel eventually an automatic will eventually have Gremlins appear and you'll want to just trade it in and repeat the cycle.
She wants an auto, doesn't feel
"in control" of a manual etc.
I've read reviews about the manual being not so great though, requiring high revs, a strange clutch feel but still relatively fun overall once used to it. My 2003 Rubicon was manual and there is a bit of an homage there for me.
Is it really a big deal? I know a ton of it is preference. We don't plan on towing much more than a lawnmower. As a die-hard manual transmission guy will i hate the auto? Would I maybe even hate the manual?
Thanks for letting me join the forum.
Ps don't put "happy wife happy life" lol
We are torn on a single option however. I want a manual transmission she wants an automatic.
I prefer manual to auto in every way but most of my reasonings come from longevity's sake. A manual will just about always work. No limp modes, no shift solenoids etc.
I feel eventually an automatic will eventually have Gremlins appear and you'll want to just trade it in and repeat the cycle.
She wants an auto, doesn't feel
"in control" of a manual etc.
I've read reviews about the manual being not so great though, requiring high revs, a strange clutch feel but still relatively fun overall once used to it. My 2003 Rubicon was manual and there is a bit of an homage there for me.
Is it really a big deal? I know a ton of it is preference. We don't plan on towing much more than a lawnmower. As a die-hard manual transmission guy will i hate the auto? Would I maybe even hate the manual?
Thanks for letting me join the forum.
Ps don't put "happy wife happy life" lol
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