Automatics

Great video, MM. It says it all really.👍🏻

I liked the Ford reference😂

and how many times do you see people (mainly youngsters) riding manual clutches at lights etc on an incline 🤔

Reversing Tip - Get your banksman guide to phone the car (driver) on their mobile phone for a hands-free blind reverse chat = slightly less rows.

Maybe I'm lucky but wife wife stays in sight of my mirrors with excellent hand signals Does a very good job, I think she could land an aircraft on a carrier👍 and no, she isn't standing behind me.

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I am sure MM will appreciate that Ford have dropped their Powershift DSG style in favour of torque converter autos. Too many problems with the dry clutches. VAG however are sticking with thiers and generally the wet clutch DSG are reliable, the dry clutch versions are not. See Honest john for more info. 

I didn't know that about Ford's Powershift ..... IIRC Vauxhall dropped their Easytronic a while back too 😉

Yes, there was a bigger write up about it in the actual magazine, I think "Powershift" is dead.....

Torque Converter rules supreme.......

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/ford/focus

Well, till we're all in electric cars........

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After noting your reply TW, the vehicle that I have in mind is a Vauxhall Astra SRI CDTI Auto.  Can any of the forum users recommend a website that will give me details of the transmission? Also in the case of a hill start whilst towing the caravan, is it better to go into the manual side of the box to pull away or is auto acceptable? Also would anybody advise using manual to reverse the caravan onto the pitch? I will be contacting Vauxhall to get their views. Thanks in anticipation.

I can’t help with info on the Vauxhall, JD, but my gut instict queries whether it’s man enough for the job. No doubt you'll have checked everything out. I suggest doing an internet search for the model and you should find all you need. Wikipedia is often helpful.

Manual mode usually only applies to forward gears so wouldn’t be an option for reversing onto a pitch. The manual mode allows you to control gear changing so it won’t really matter which option you use for a hill start providing you put it in first gear if in manual. Personally, I’d use auto and the box will then sort out the gear changes as needed.

Dont forget there are posts on pg3 from MM and Viatorem explaining all about the different boxes.