View Poll Results: Manual or Auto for offroading
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Manual or Auto for offroading
JK Freak
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 629
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From: Stephenville, TX
i hardly EVER need to use my brakes with the stick...
seems like an auto, you'd always be on the brakes.
not for me, i want to have my brakes when i NEED them.
not burn them up on the down hill side.
seems like an auto, you'd always be on the brakes.
not for me, i want to have my brakes when i NEED them.
not burn them up on the down hill side.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 279
Likes: 1
From: Minnesota
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...highlight=Auto
Check that thread for more comments.
I used to think I'd want a manual on and off road, but lately I've been rethinking my choice. I think I want a DD that's a 6spd and a dedicated trail rig that's auto.
Check that thread for more comments.
I used to think I'd want a manual on and off road, but lately I've been rethinking my choice. I think I want a DD that's a 6spd and a dedicated trail rig that's auto.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 244
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From: Plano, TX
2-door 6-speed fully stock. My first manual that I have ever owned....
Never had so much fun.
From a "noob" point of view since i have only been driving stick for about a year and a half now, is that most people burn their clutches not by slipping it too much, but by reving the engine while they do it.
I hear in videos and in person people riding the clutch while keeping the engine at 2 sometimes 3k. It's no wonder they smoke it. Unless i just have not been in a situation that calls for it, I keep the RPM around 1k and let the clutch out to where i need it. I try to make it as short and sweet as possible, and have not smoked it yet.
Never had so much fun.
From a "noob" point of view since i have only been driving stick for about a year and a half now, is that most people burn their clutches not by slipping it too much, but by reving the engine while they do it.
I hear in videos and in person people riding the clutch while keeping the engine at 2 sometimes 3k. It's no wonder they smoke it. Unless i just have not been in a situation that calls for it, I keep the RPM around 1k and let the clutch out to where i need it. I try to make it as short and sweet as possible, and have not smoked it yet.
JK Newbie
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 53
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JK Enthusiast
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 139
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From: Zurich, Switzerland
Having a 242 transfercase would make a big difference as enging braking is available on all four wheels without having to shift in and out of 4hi-pt and 2hi. I got 60,000 miles from the brakes in my first auto/np242 XJ and that was with offroad use.
JK Freak
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 812
Likes: 1
From: Great state of Arizona
