In a message dated 2/12/10 4:19:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, dhanson928@GMAIL.COM writes:
> ....I've been driving it while we're in the desert > SW. My first encounter with a automatic shift vehicle as a daily > driver...and I don't much care for it. Around the city, I can see how > people might want them but out in the mountains and desert it seems to > waste > a lot of energy moving through the gears all the time. > as far as vanagons....i prefer the automatics. all of my own personal vans ('84 sunroof wolfsburg van, '85 doka, '89 westy ) are all automatics (yes, the doublecab is an automatic!!) the wbx vanagon automatics are actually pretty robust and trouble free... i have had more issues with manual trans vanagons with their 3/4 gear slider hub crack problem than i have ever had with auto tranny vans.....
chris with a broken left foot...glad my vans are automatics! :) |
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