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manule vs auto
mike142sl:
They are fantastic for towing. As has been said you can put it in 1st and there it will stay so you get engine braking. I drag a 23ft van and sometimes a trailer carrying about 2 tonne and it's so much easier with the auto than with gears. You don't arrive quite as knackered after all the gear changing, especially when you tow places like Cumbria or N Wales.
peasey:
I have a 300 tdi auto and its exactly as andy and mike say it is awesome off road never once faultered in anyway,and the auto box is bomb proof.
cluffy:
wat about the torque converter how long would it last under heavy abuse?
LiftedDisco:
As regards towing, auto is fine - I used to drag large hospitality trailers up and down the country back in the days before diesel was the fuel of choice... 3.9 RR and 2.5 tonnes on the back!
Aerodynamics of a block of flats - got bored when I was doing second stop at the petrol station in the same day...
An auto gives you absolute control - I used to slap it in low and then shunt trailers into tiny gaps
Hope this helps...
Rob
cluffy:
do the 300 still like runing on 50/50 cheep veg oil an diesel?
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