I too find myself making conscious effort in shifting to appease my Women. Oddly I feel my shifting improves in Sport mode, maybe due to better throttle response.
Back in the day, no truck came with gearing for large tires, they just dealt with it. My manual ā88 Ranger had 3.73 with 33x12.5 BFG MTās and did just fineā¦
At the Local Grocer yesterday a guy called out āthatās a very nice Bronco, the colors look greatā, I replied āthanks very muchā š then he followed up with āitās really prettyā⦠I replied āprettyā???𤨠he quickly said āwell, I mean in a manly off-road senseā š