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Originally Posted by kmaysob
my wifes focus does pretty well through the mountains. never had an issue other than the 4 banger being underpowered. my work van is an auto and it does just fine. that said, i still much prefer a manual.
when i bought my f250 superduty i lucked out and was able to pick one up with a 6speed manual. now that thing has zero issues in the mountains with a trailer on the back hauling a 3/4 ton truck.  |
Our trucks, both F-250s, had no problems with the mountains, either. One has the ZF tranny and the other is the M5OD-R2. Even pulling a fully loaded travel trailer up the mountain was no issue...they seemed to enjoy the abuse.
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