If you haven't worked in the auto industry you don't have a clue how cutthroat it is for costs. It cost a lot to stock all the parts that change between a manual and an automatic, plus the engineering to design, proveout, and certify with the Feds for production. ![]() They are not in business to make what a few enthusiasts want, they are in business to make a profit. The one and only reason Ford doesn't offer a manual transmission is that they couldn't sell enough to make a profit. What the computer learns is how long your particular transmission takes to complete a given shift from when the computer commands the shift until the computer detects the shift has completed by reading the speed sensors. For 19 years at Ford it was my job to program this stuff in automatics, so I have some insight into how it works. That's a myth that the transmission learns how you drive. If FMC doesn't want to make manual trans pickups anymore that's fine. Needless to say, I'm glad I waited for the ZF 5-spd. Could have bought dozens off the lot with the E4OD. I waited Thirteen weeks for my '96 PSD because I ordered the manual 5-spd. Or look at something else in that size range, a little Peterbilt or ? ![]() Guess I could look at something bigger from International. I then looked at an International TerraStar and it's only tranny option is an Allison 1000. nothing against Mexico but there's enough people out of work in the US that I would BUY a US made p/u. I went on Kelly Blue Book, and yes Dodge, now RAM, makes a manual 6-spd, but the trucks are all assembled in Mexico. ALL those trucks had/have manual trans, as have most of my cars. I drove DAD's Ford's as a kid, bought a POS Chevy LUV truck in '78 and finally got my first F150 spring of 1980. ![]() It's not like I can afford a $60,000 pickup, but if I could it WOULD be a manual, which means I'd have to look at OTHER than a FORD, first time I've not driven a Ford p/u in thirty-two years.
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