That's nice, I was thinking of getting one with orange stitching to complete this:
nice. Looking at the site now. Is the stitching in the seats orange or is it millennium yellow? They have both on the site and I want to match the stitching in seats as close as I can.
Others people have complained about that random loss of power studder in 1st. Has only happened once to me.Love my m/t. The tranny will sometimes stutter in 1st gear, I'll try to counter by up shifting as soon as I can. Doesn't happen often. Otherwise it's a great truck to drive.
Hey and check this out - yesterday I replaced the vinyl OEM shift boot with a leather boot from Redline Goods. No practical purpose, IMO the OEM vinyl boot looks like crap. I selected black leather with stone thread (I have a BB with Sandstone interior):
Yea it is a slight learning curve for sure.
My 72’ is the only manual I’ve driven in many years, so I can’t speak to other late models. When it catches it goes where my 72 you come almost all way out and of course you have to feather the gas. 1st and second are really short, pulling out in traffic is new to me. I haven’t passed anyone yet, other than the interstate and I would downshift to 5th and had plenty of power.I used 6th more than I thought I would. Haven’t really got on it yet, trying to let it break in. Not complaining, I really like it.
On a highway that would work. I can bump the cruise control up 2 mph and overtake someone. But on a 2 lane road and I need to get around one or two cars in the current passing zone, there is a benefit to dropping down to 3rd. That puts me in the top of the torque band for the 4cylinder which gives time for the turbo to start moving things along allowing me to essentially leap past the cars.
Yeah definitely needs down shift to get acceleration when you need it at fast speed.
Yea no complaints just a learning curve. I've driven tons of different sticks, from sports cars, trucks to front end loads, flat beds it's very different. If you need a acceleration quick at highway speeds you definitely need to drop into 4. Often I skip 5 right to 6 getting on highway cause 4 can quickly get me up to 65-70. 2 is the turning gear. All my turns in 2. 2 you can wind out a little more but yeah both a short. 4 is by far the most versatile and fun.
Sounds like we have very similar driving habits. I think I can count on one hand how many times I’ve used 6th in 20k miles.
I do similar, often skipping 5th depending on the length of the ramp, as well as the current weather. Again this all depends on your gearing.
