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<blockquote data-quote="catinthehat85" data-source="post: 1842645" data-attributes="member: 31053"><p>Full disclosure I didn't read through the 4 pages as much of it seemed irrelevant to the topic.</p><p></p><p>1. Steering ratio is a perfect balance IMO of being tight enough to make the truck do with you want, and loose enough to allow control at high speeds in rough terrain. Ford knocked this one out of the park, steering is a joy on this machine. I have zero interest in making the rack and pinion system more complicated, it's a weak point as it is.</p><p></p><p>2. No complaints here on shifter paddle location. During street driving it's easy enough to change gears during slow speed turns. As with all vehicles driven at the limit, you should be limiting your shifting during turns regardless. Really happy how Ford did not cater to the "I need to shift easily no matter how much I'm turning" crowd.</p><p></p><p>3. I do wish the manual mode button was more readily accessible, maybe somewhere near the knob for driving mode, or in my wildest dreams on the steering wheel.</p><p></p><p>4. Nothing is going to replace the feel of a well engineered manual gear box, or DCT for that matter, but this transmission does adequately for what it is. I do wish it was more responsive. I think much of this could be solved with improvements to the shift logic. It is useable however, so I'm glad in an era of automated-everything that I have the option to choose the gears myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catinthehat85, post: 1842645, member: 31053"] Full disclosure I didn't read through the 4 pages as much of it seemed irrelevant to the topic. 1. Steering ratio is a perfect balance IMO of being tight enough to make the truck do with you want, and loose enough to allow control at high speeds in rough terrain. Ford knocked this one out of the park, steering is a joy on this machine. I have zero interest in making the rack and pinion system more complicated, it's a weak point as it is. 2. No complaints here on shifter paddle location. During street driving it's easy enough to change gears during slow speed turns. As with all vehicles driven at the limit, you should be limiting your shifting during turns regardless. Really happy how Ford did not cater to the "I need to shift easily no matter how much I'm turning" crowd. 3. I do wish the manual mode button was more readily accessible, maybe somewhere near the knob for driving mode, or in my wildest dreams on the steering wheel. 4. Nothing is going to replace the feel of a well engineered manual gear box, or DCT for that matter, but this transmission does adequately for what it is. I do wish it was more responsive. I think much of this could be solved with improvements to the shift logic. It is useable however, so I'm glad in an era of automated-everything that I have the option to choose the gears myself. [/QUOTE]
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