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Default OT: Manual or automatic gearbox? and XC60 opinion...

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
jon wrote:
In the sixties the Met Police in London changed over to automatic
gearboxes to save on clutch replacement costs and driver fatigue. I heard
that over 600 gear changes was common for a shift.


Yup. Ambulances are generally auto too.


As are Fire engines, because the younger generation couldn't cope with a Crash gearbox