Sheepjeep
Well-Known Member
Manual transmissions for all NA cars have been tanking since the at least mid 90s from ~25% of sales to less than 3%, so makes sense the TJ had more manuals built relative to the JL, plus with the introduction of the 4 door turned the wrangler from a impractical fun car to a practical family car. Many of the jeeps on the trail tend to be second hand sales and you buy what you can get. And because of the trend to auto dealerships would prefer to fill their lots with autos and the only way to get a manual really is to special order it because they want to move units asap.I thought transmission was just a personal preference, but automatics wheel alot better than manuals. I haven't seen too many manuals since the TJ, and guys would rig up a bicycle finger brake to the throttle on the shift stick so they could use their feet for clutch and brakes.
https://www.carmax.com/articles/stick-shift-index
That being ordered my 2018 manual has ~37k on it no issues love driving both on and off road i went with the manual because its fun to drive and cheaper, and at the time was hard to find information about the auto and how to maintain it. I have wheeled the crap out of both manual and auto jeeps, the manual i find to be more fun to drive on the trail for the same reasons they are fun to drive on the road you are doing more stuff, the autos are more boring but less thinking, but what ever my next off road build is after the jl the style transmission will not be high on the list.
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