Save the Manuals!!

It's pretty easy, honestly. You just eat food and text in between gear shifts and turns. You're not shifting 100% of the time... haha

Rowing gears for the win, or whatever.

 

this was my first auto in over a decade. Mainly due to the wife not being able to drive a stick and after years of a manual I figured it was fine for AT. I had no intention of the truck ending up where it is today. I wish I had gotten the MT. I tested them but final hour swapped to the AT. Its hard to argue they work really well but I do miss the MT and would have liked some of the gearing especially now being boosted.

 

I keep going back and forth if one day ill do the same.

 

If my wife can learn in one day I think anyone else should be able to in a few. My kid's first cars will be manuals so they have the skillset. They can buy whatever they want after that.

 

Still a good idea, wife and I have talked about it a few times, we have a manual Outback that the son will drive.

I got good at using my legs for the wheel. Just need to switch legs after the shift. All while holding a burger. I’ve grow up from that, but that was a step in the right direction from high school, when I once drove down the road at 50ish, driving from the roof.

 

That I can completely understand. I hope the build goes good for ya.

 

PREACH

 

We had a lot kid when I worked at Chrysler that didn't know how to drive stick, we made him learn in a srt challenger

like you think you would know how to drive stick applying for a job that requires moving vehicles around all day.

 

This was one of my main reasons also. If they made a new full size truck in manual I'd probably be driving that to be honest.

 

After owning the 3rd Gen auto, I developed a greater appreciation for MT and being able to shift when you want it to. That being said, I have my auto 14' Tacoma and love it. For me it's easier off-roading and commuting to and from work.

 

Same here. MT Tundra and I wouldn’t have a Tacoma haha

 

They’re hard to find and a little under powered for their weight but you can find first gen Tundras with the Taco 4.0 V6 and a manual transmission if you’re patient and want more space than a Taco with a manual.

 

Bet they’ve got that classic bench seat too

 

I could find out for ya ha. I doubt the single cab 8 foot bed came with the V6 but it's very possible.

I've been looking for a clean 05-06 DC for a loooong time now. Someday, it will be mine

 

I know how an I have had several manuals and yea they were fun but they were pain in ass in traffic, I’m not trying pretend I’m an extra in fast in the furious I just need to get to where I’m going.

 

I live in SoCal and yea MT can be a PITA, but once you learn how to creep in first gear and realize you don’t have to keep the clutch in all the time, it’s really not that bad.

 

I wish mine was a manual. I love driving stick!!

 

like 99% of semi trucks on the road today...

 

Likely covered already but I’m reading this from my phone and I have no desire to go through the whole thread.
Some of us grew up on Manuals; that was all that was around.
Now that our FEET have aged and stop-n-go traffic is 10 fold worse, you can have that clutch pedal all you want.

 

Yeah pre COVID I was doing the Bay Area commute with a manual. Granted that was with an old Chevy sm465 which has a wayyyy lower gear ratio than any Tacoma except maybe in 4lo. I could put it in first and walk home faster.