On 6 Jun, 16:11, Adrian wrote:
The Luggage gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:

Most manufacturers build their own manual boxes, though.
I am not sure even that is true.
shrug It is, but I'm starting to suspect you'd doubt it on principle.
You may be right, but my anecdata suggests TNP may have a point: I took
our Mitsubishi Carisma to have new gear linkage bushings fitted. The
mechanic said, "These boxes are identical to the VW ones of the same
age, so I'll use the VW parts instead of the Mitsubishi ones - I have
them in stock and they're cheaper."

Sure he didn't say "Volvo", since the Carisma and S/V40 are the same car
built on the same production line in the Netherlands?

It didn't sound like Volvo, but you could be right. Mine is
(approximately) 1998 vintage, though, so I don't know if anything
changed in the last 10 years...

TL