Transmission swap

[Rawze]

(12-25-2016 )axe Wrote:  my personal experience is you are asking for more probs with auto. Less mpg, will leave your ass sitting on side of road. More expensive to maintain. I would not own a truck with auto, my partner wont have anything else. It let him down in BFE, $14,000 later he got going. Thus is just my experience.

I totally agree with this, and talked to him about it. He has a problem with his knees and water buildup on them from permanent knee damage/injuries. He knows the losses and downside, but for him, I think, it is a better option than not driving any more. He likes driving and what he does, he needs a compromise for his knees and health is all.

He really likes his truck and does not want to sell it. But if it is too much hassle, he will, and get something else with Automatic. -- He is pretty much at that point now, and I don't blame him. Problem is, that it is a really good running truck that is high fuel mileage and good profit. -- So what does one do? -- I think this is the question he is really asking, because the truck is de-mandated and most used truck dealers use that as an excuse to give a lot less trade-in value on it towards something else, even though it is MM, done very well, and truck is highly profitable.

So what DOES one do? ..

-- Undo the mandate for a few thousand bucks and try to trade it in for a 2014 w/Automatic?

-- Go through the hassle to try to get an Automatic in it and retrofit it? - He already knows he has a good truck, just needs to be Automatic.

-- Try to sell it separately from dealer and buy something else? (harder to do, takes a lot more time)
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Something else?

-- I would think he possibly could find someone who does NOT want an Automatic who has a decent truck too, who could trade trucks with him>?. -- Just some thought on it.