Automatic or Standard shift? what is your choice?

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649722

{"replyTo":"","text":"Disabled vet with bad knees. I just can’t shift anymore, not even a personal car.\nSo Autos are a blessing I can keep on trucking ","replyToPid":0}

610123

{"replyTo":"","text":"Manual, less modern junk to break.","replyToPid":0}

817113

{"replyTo":"","text":"Autobot","replyToPid":0}

366847

{"replyTo":"","text":"Auto. There’s no point in getting a manual so you can have more control because all autos have a manual mode. Volvo I-Shift","replyToPid":0}

733679

{"replyTo":"","text":"Come on now what kind of question is that, these are semi tractors not sports car why manual why would anyone want to drive 600 to 700 miles on a manual 12, 13, 18, 24 etc... speed, is very 1980 and next year is 2020 let’s take care of our left knee, health insurance is expensive ","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyToPid":0,"replyTo":"","text":"I would rather have a 10 speed over a automatic, I personally think that it's a better fit I do a lot of city driving a d the automatic can't keep up with the constant shifting and keep at a safe speed, the dam thing always wants to be two gears lower and when it does get in the right gear it's to late and doesn't downshift as fast as I could in a standard. my company has us in freightliner's maybe there are better automatics out there but it's all I have driven."}

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610123 发表于 2019-10-22 02:51:09 Manual, less modern junk to break.

","text":"I believe everyone should learn how to shift a manuel. This bullshit of having a automatic restricted license is pointless. That way, you can drive anything!","replyToPid":232869}

780813

{"replyTo":"","text":"anything but Eaton Automatic 13 speed.","replyToPid":0}

497499

{"replyTo":"","text":"There’s always going to be a nostalgic fun factor for me tied to shifting gears and all, but honestly, it’s 2019 already and I’m so over ruining my knees with a clutch pedal in traffic jams. Although I would say avoid the Eaton Advantage 10 Speed automatic transmission. The stupid thing actually shifts itself out of gear and into neutral in hopes of saving maybe a half of a mpg, but not really, because it’s so slow to react, it waits until you dip 2-3 mph below what your cruise is set on, then reva the engine and jars back into gear. It’s annoying and unsafe. I’ve dealt with it in a crappy International for a while. I constantly fought with it to keep it in gear. The loose vibration from the engine idling and the clutch and transmission being disengaged while coasting causes instability and I’ve even had to correct-steer when it got loose 🙄. I do prefer the iShift in the Volvo as well. I like to manually shift while on mountains, any other time it’s automatic. ","replyToPid":0}

838767

{"replyTo":"","text":"I'm Old School.  I like a stick. I think you have more control over the transmission.","replyToPid":0}

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366847 发表于 2019-10-22 02:44:10 Auto. There’s no point in getting a manual so you can have more control because all autos have a manual mode. Volvo I-Shift

","text":"The only advantage I can see with the auto is better fuel economy.  But I'm glad that the Volvo has a Manuel option. Some of the old autos do not.","replyToPid":232863}

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794377 发表于 2019-10-22 03:09:11 18 speed Eaton Fuller all day long,

","text":"I'm like you...13 or 18 Eaton all day long...","replyToPid":232884}

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497499 发表于 2019-10-22 03:51:04 There’s always going to be a nostalgic fun factor for me tied to shifting gears and all, but honestly, it’s 2019 already and I’m so over ruining my knees with a clutch pedal in traffic jams. Although I would say avoid the Eaton Advantage 10 Speed automatic transmission. The stupid thing actually shifts itself out of gear and into neutral in hopes of saving maybe a half of a mpg, but not really, because it’s so slow to react, it waits until you dip 2-3 mph below what your cruise is set on, then reva the engine and jars back into gear. It’s annoying and unsafe. I’ve dealt with it in a crappy International for a while. I constantly fought with it to keep it in gear. The loose vibration from the engine idling and the clutch and transmission being disengaged while coasting causes instability and I’ve even had to correct-steer when it got loose 🙄. I do prefer the iShift in the Volvo as well. I like to manually shift while on mountains, any other time it’s automatic.

","text":"Well said!","replyToPid":232925}