New truck, someones been playing with...

[Hammerhead]

Review on the Variable Speed 1 governor (throttle) setting over Automotive.
I don't like it!
Background: other than bouncing from truck to truck when I was a teenager learning to drive and all I knew about trucks was; they're 18 wheelers and they're cool, the first assigned truck I drove was a Big Cam 3. After that I had 5 Series 60's, 3 12.7l & 2 14l versions, then my CM871. I've drove a couple Cats here and there of friends trucks, but never for longer than 2 weeks. I'm in my 26th year driving trucks now, with the last 12 strictly Heavy Haul so needless to say I'm quite used to the "fast/touchy" throttle. I also spent 9 years drag racing, so I'm inclined to like quick shifts. I never did get good at shifting Cats due to the lack of throttle time. At low speed, I need to shift quickly because I lose momentum fast, so I prefer that.
I found the VS1 to not be as much like "Cat shifting" as my lack of experience recalls, but more of a throttle position based on speed, if that makes sense. I found that I had to move the peddle farther in travel to get the response I was looking for. Somebody stated that they didn't like that "the throttle didn't seem to respond for the first half of travel" and that is a good way of putting it.
In summary, because I've had rheostat throttles for about 23yrs now, and I drive in my sock feet, I did not like the lack of response in the throttle with the VS1 setting, and I've now gone back to Automotive.
Hope this helps