I actually
like my six speed even though I am quite disappointed with this early failure. Only 76K miles but the first owner put on 73K of that. So who knows ...?
Pulling a load out on the highway it will drop down to just the right gear on a hill and hold speed without too much revving or hunting back and forth between gears. Going downhill it will hold back almost like a manual just by letting off the gas.
First gear is pretty low which is good for pulling a load, but normal running empty I will start off real easy until it pops into second before getting on the gas too much.
Of course I would always rather have a five or six speed manual