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Originally Posted by Homeslice

And that's the thing, you have other vehicles to enjoy...........But the people who ONLY have a truck or SUV, to me it makes no sense unless they make use of its capabilites at least once a week or so. Otherwise it's not worth the hassle of owning something so big, so ponderous, and so bad on gas.

I did own a truck once, an '89 or '90 Ford F150, and the only thing "fun" about it was its stick shift, which was smooth and nice to shift (probably because it was actually a Mazda transmission, not Ford lol). Everything else about it sucked, the 5.0 engine ran out of breath and started shaking at not even 4K rpm, and while the ride quality was OK going in a straight line, if I was in the middle of a turn the solid axle would make the rear end step out over bumps. I got rid of it 6 months later.

The gearshift is directly over the transmission. The shifting is always going to feel the most direct. And it wasn't Mazda. Prolly Borg Warner.