Originally Posted by Boxer4PSI
I would only agree with this comment because if you can smoke the tires thru 3 gears, then ur never gonna grab and take off. I have to say though, I like the 6 speed Tremac tranny, the push-button start, and the stock sound system output.
I dislike Fords in general for their piss-poor customer service mainly, in addition to some of their crappy vehicle design (Taurus and Contours are crap), but my main gripe with the Lightning is this: Its a SVT, a performance vehicle, WHY DID FORD ONLY PUT AUTOMATIC TRANNYS IN THEM?!?!?! Only Ford is dumb enough to throw an automatic transmission as the ONLY option in a factory performance vehicle (I have only seen automatic SVTs, if manual ones exist, feel free to correct me citing pics or other evidence).
One of the main reasons lightnings are beating srt10s are because they have an automatic transmission. It is very hard to shift threw the gears with that long shifter in a 500 horsepower truck. I also think, the transmission in the lightning is the same as they used in the superduty, because it was so strong and that ford didnt make a manual that could hold up to the torque in the lightning. The automatic in the lightning is much better suited to the truck than a manual.