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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 2572479" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Actually, I'm not so sure that the manual transmission would have been all that great on the F450, which is what the picture on that article shows. The automatic transmission with the "tow/haul" feature adjusts in some way when the tow/haul is engaged, thus making the F450 better for climbing grades and going downgrade. That would be something unavailable on a standard transmission, I would think.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Now, having said that, I won't get to really test the tow/haul's features, including automatic downshifting, until Sunday and Monday. Sunday, we stop at the summit of Raton Pass to spend the night in our RV and Monday will see us do the downhill grade on our way to our "new home site." That will be my first test with the F450 on a mountain pass. Yeah, I know. Raton Pass ain't all that much of a pass.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">That comment just gave me a funny thought. With me going to Colorado, maybe a manual would be better. It would be harder for an auto thief to steal my truck and still smoke his doobie if it had a manual instead of an automatic.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 2572479, member: 7900"] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]Actually, I'm not so sure that the manual transmission would have been all that great on the F450, which is what the picture on that article shows. The automatic transmission with the "tow/haul" feature adjusts in some way when the tow/haul is engaged, thus making the F450 better for climbing grades and going downgrade. That would be something unavailable on a standard transmission, I would think. Now, having said that, I won't get to really test the tow/haul's features, including automatic downshifting, until Sunday and Monday. Sunday, we stop at the summit of Raton Pass to spend the night in our RV and Monday will see us do the downhill grade on our way to our "new home site." That will be my first test with the F450 on a mountain pass. Yeah, I know. Raton Pass ain't all that much of a pass. That comment just gave me a funny thought. With me going to Colorado, maybe a manual would be better. It would be harder for an auto thief to steal my truck and still smoke his doobie if it had a manual instead of an automatic. [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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