Sorry to hear about your truck, Wolf. The same thing happened to a buddy of mine recently... Drunk driver peeled out of the parking lot across the street from his house and wiped out his car. Then, the drunk had the nerve to beg my buddy not to call the police, assuring him that he would "take care of it". Yeah, right. Turns out that it wasn't his first offense, so he's probably looking at some jail time.

I've driven identical models of trucks with the same engine/transmission combo, and I swear, some of them just don't feel the same. I'm not sure why that is, but I definitely recognize what you're talking about. Personally, I like the 6-speed manual in my Ram 2500. I average 16-17 MPG mixed driving and close to 21 MPG highway with the Cummins diesel/6-speed combo.