Considering the current situation with the Manual and it's unavailability with the 2.7L engine and Sasquatch package, there is much discussion that goes round and round because of different assumptions. This is particularly bad on the Badlands threads since trying to find a work around seems to...
Nothing I have read says Badlands gets Trail Control, Trail Turn Assist or One Pedal Driving standard. Nor has anything I read said that it requires Sasquatch to have them. That is the best answer I can give.
Because for me, driving an automatic is worse than death. I disengage while driving and do stupid things like mess with my phone when I should be driving. Automatic is just that done automatically. Part of the work is done for me and its boring.
There has been no specific information on the lift on the Badlands and how it differs from the Standard suspension or Sasquatch package. Until Ford provides detail, we are all just guessing.
Put me in the Anti-Hill start group. Been driving a manual for decades and never found a need for it. In fact it was a hill start that set the bar for when I considered myself ready to drive a manual daily.
Daily driver which really means a few drives a week to town and my trips out of town. After significant rain, it will also be my ranch truck as my RWD F-150 doesn't handle the wet ranch roads very well.
Not sure if some folks on this thread would agree but Brown County TX is pretty central in my book. Looking forward to the future meets and trail rides.
To everyone saying that the Manual would be undriveable if properly spec'd to support 35's and the 2.7L, let the manual drivers worry about that. I cannot fathom why the apologist have to constantly support this fallacy. Every stick driver I know would hit the weight room everyday, doing left...
Let the Manual drivers worry about the clutch just give us the option. Why do you care how heavy the clutch would be when you are clearly ready for the automatic?