I have an auto because that what was on the lot. I could go either way. Though I guess the auto is easier to drive on the trail.

There are some cautions about shifting a manual in deep water.

Either one is fun.

 

Auto all the way, i can't be bothered with a manual, i like to drink my coffee

 

Defiantly a 6spd......ive only owned autos, this is my first 6spd....12k miles on her...

There are alot of times I come out of my job bummed all to heck, and the drive home usually always cheers me up.

 

There is the mindset of america, and apparenly canada too.

In europe most of the cars are manual because they understand that driving is just that DRIVING. multi tasking while driving is not smart. I understand a cup of coffee is great, I too drink coffee on my commutes, trips etc. But then you have the people on their cell phone, drinking coffee, eating mcdonalds, and trying to tame the kiddos.

Driving should be a chore, you should be focused and a manual adds to that experience to be one with the vehicle. I know its a jeep but I like having full control of my drivetrain.

 

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Maybe a suggestion, can a mod turn this into a poll. Thanks

 

I mentioned my dislike for autos, in particular my big ford. Of course a ford is not a jeep, so everyone's experience will be different. I made it a whopping 7000 miles on the original auto, then the truck sat one entire month at the dealer under warranty waiting for a new transmission. I got no loaner. Also despite the fact both the manual and automatic are EPA rated identical in mpg, I'd challenge anyone to do a side by side test of the two and my wild guess which may be just that, would be the manual would get 25% better economy under any driving condition. I know in my big ford, I'm exactly 25% behind just for the fact I chose that stupid transmission I did. Also I've never even ridden in a jeep with the auto, but in my ford, the jump from 3-4 on the auto is the same as going from 4-6 in the manual in the jeep. Big drop in RPM, never the right ratio. What junk. OK rant over again

 

Actually, I think that 4th in an automatic is actually a slightly higher gear ratio than 6th on the manual.

3rd is 1:1, same as 5th in the manual.

 

Here are the gear ratios:

Manual Transmission
Gear Ratios 1st 4.46
Gear Ratios 2nd 2.61
Gear Ratios 3rd 1.72
Gear Ratios 4th 1.25
Gear Ratios 5th 1.00
Gear Ratios 6th 0.84

Automatic Transmission
Gear Ratios 1st 2.84
Gear Ratios 2nd 1.57
Gear Ratios 3rd 1.0
Gear Ratios 4th 0.69

These are from an '07, I don't think they've changed through the model years, someone correct me if I'm wrong

 

I agree I mentioned that a few posts earlier. Come on mods.