My only 2 cents comes from researching class 8 trucks to tow my camper. What I have found is that the average RV guy does NOT want a manual transmission in their rig and even if they do the general consensus is the wife would veto, and I would extrapolate that to include the average TC driver as well. If you want to have any resale value a manual transmission will severely limit your pool of potential buyer to weirdos like us who enjoy rowing the gears. I've been pricing used trucks for a while now and there is a big jump in price to get into a (generally newer) chassis with an automatic, but I'm figuring it is an investment if I can't manage to find a buyer for a manual truck down the road.
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