Like Beagle man said "better to have it and not need it // than to need it and not have it." Being a retired truck driver would never have a pickup without a tow package, the trans. heat gauge would be another plus if I knew I was going out West. To many people are like my father and never have the trans. fluid changed. But then I like a stick over an auto. I went in July to buy a new truck (F-250) and bought a used E-350.