jfontain
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Hi, I am interested in a Gladiator, but am completely new to Jeeps. I've never owned one and don't know anyone that has.
I am in the market for a vehicle and came across the Gladiator primarily due to it being one of the few remaining cars with a manual transmission. I have read plenty of posts and articles about how you lose significant towing, how nice the auto is and how a jeep/gladiator manual is NOT a sports/muscle car transmission, but I miss rowing through the gears way too much and the days of a manual are numbered. My previous 2 cars were a 500WHP Mustang Cobra and then due to kids made the switch to a crew cab F150. The Gladiator ended up checking off a lot of wants:
I am in the market for a vehicle and came across the Gladiator primarily due to it being one of the few remaining cars with a manual transmission. I have read plenty of posts and articles about how you lose significant towing, how nice the auto is and how a jeep/gladiator manual is NOT a sports/muscle car transmission, but I miss rowing through the gears way too much and the days of a manual are numbered. My previous 2 cars were a 500WHP Mustang Cobra and then due to kids made the switch to a crew cab F150. The Gladiator ended up checking off a lot of wants:
- Manual Transmission
- Seats 5 relatively comfortably? (no experience, but hopefully more comfortably than a muscle car or sports sedan, especially if they're children)
- I loved my F150 and was a Home Depot Hero before it was totaled
- Jeeps are famously fun to drive
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