Agreed, if my 3600 didn't have 4.58 gears I'd never pull our 3000 lb. boat out of the water and up the ramp. What's difficult for me (with the 235) is maintaining any speed on long hills. It's frustrating always seeing such a long line of cars piling up when I'm going 20 mph on a 50 mph stretch. Getting it moving isn't quite the same as moving it along.