Originally Posted By: splinter
Ramp work gets a little more fun with three pedals.
Truth! When I was a kid, my dad had a '97 F150 that was a manual. I can still remember sitting in the boat and hearing the parking brake released and watching the truck rock back a few inches before the clutch was engaged. I realize operating on a boat ramp is a bit more tricky, but it's nothing that I can't handle. The lady friend? Guess I need to teach her how to back a boat off a trailer lol. I'm looking for a truck that I can keep for 20-25 years. My plan is to never let the truck see salt or snow and just keep in the garage during the winter. The overall simplicity of the manual transmission and longevity is most appealing to me. Yes, there are automatics that have 250k miles plus on them. However, I've had two automatics in my life that had issues which has made me partial to the manual.