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Subject:Re: Friday OT...automatic trannys and driving habits observed
From:Jeffrey Vickers
Date:Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:23:18 -0800

Sorry, but I had a 850 Sportswagon with a manual transmission.

On Feb 13, 2010, at 5:09 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:12:27 EST
> From:    JordanVw@AOL.COM
> Subject: Re: Friday OT...automatic trannys and driving habits observed
>
> In a message dated 2/13/10 3:02:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU writes:
>
>
>> In fact Mercedes Benz for example, never offered a turbodiesel with a
>> manual gearbox.
>
> volvo did the same with their first FWD car, the 850.  in the US the
> 5cyl
> 20v turbo was only offered in an automatic.

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