From: "John Oellrich" 

Paul,

You are correct, I got the auto. It was a real toss up however. I am not
completely adverse to shifting on my own. The Jeep Wrangler I am trading in
is a 5-speed manual. And with the engine I ordered the manual trans would
have been a ZF 6-speed which would have had a certain amount of
panache. But I decided to spend the extra $2.3K for 2 reasons;
resale value and I am getting lazy in my old age ;->

--
john

oellrich{at}earthlink.net


"Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
news:3e45975f{at}w3.nls.net...
> I got the impression John was paying a huge amount extra for auto.
>
> But I'd always have a manual, and they're no bother at all for towing.
Autos
> require less skill in some tricky offroad conditions, otherwise they're a
> complete waste of time and energy.
>
> Paul
>
> "David N. Barnett"  wrote in message
> news:1j2b4v0b6lr83fnnadg7dkelm3svpt0vf0{at}4ax.com...
> > On Sat, 8 Feb 2003 15:37:07 -0500, "Geo."
 wrote in
> > message :
> >
> > | > Five-speed manual transmission
> > |
> > | ick, why did you go manual?
> >
> > I agree, ick.  Manuals are for fun, and there's nothing fun about a
> > manual in a truck.  Manuals are lousy for towing too.
> >
> > --dnb
> >
>

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