bobzdar
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- First Name
- Pete
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2017
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- Location
- Richmond, VA
- Vehicle(s)
- '24 Rubicon X 4XE, '23 Defender 130
I wouldn't worry about it, if you want a manual get one. That said, autos these days are objectively better than manuals. This wasn't the case 10 years ago, or in the case of the wrangler, 10 months ago. So values of 10 year old sports cars, or even last gen wranglers, don't apply. However, even if demand is lower, so is supply and unless something tips that when you go to resell (like say all the autos starting to crap out in 3 years or 2nd gear synchros start grinding at 70k miles shifting demand to the other trans), it will be worth proportionately what you paid for it compared to an auto.thinking about ordering a rubicon now that sting gray is available and want to get a manual. I notice that pretty much all the wranglers that the dealers get vs customer configured are automatic. In fact I have never seen a new manual on a dealers lot. So I assume that means the demand is very low so will the resale value be much lower for a manual? Particularly for a fully loaded rubicon it worries me that the resale for a manual could be tough?
I was a die hard manual trans guy until the dual clutches and then 8 and 9 speed zfs came out. The single clutch automated manuals were roughly equal if you could drive a stick well, and usually less reliable and harder on clutches, but once the dual clutches came out with shift times unmatchable in a regular manual, no clutch wear, extra gears etc. I could no longer make a case for a stick unless I didn't care about performance or gas mileage. Since I dd the jeep and tow a camper with it, I care about both which ruled out the stick. In my sports car, I care about neither, just that it's maximum fun, so they'll probably bury me with my hand on that gated manual.
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