"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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The drill supposedly has a "three speed synchromesh gearbox"! :-)

It presumably means you can change gear while the motor is running
.. if you want to.

I went and took a look at the Metabo site and they describe it as
"3-level planetary gear" which makes a bit more sense.

Yes. A planetary gear may be changed under full power with no distress -
car autos have been doing this for years.

A car type synchromesh system wouldn't last five minutes without the
clutch.

Only on changing down. And even then you can reduce wear to very low
amounts if you listen carefully.