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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TexasPhoenix, post: 5356112, member: 31238&quot;]I&#039;m going to jump into the &quot;which is better- manual vs auto&quot; discussion. I drive a Volvo auto as an O/O. This is my second one. I learned on a manual at Roehl years ago. This last Saturday, this Volvo helped save my life from a centerline cross over down on US 35 in West Virginia in the 2 lane/55 zone. Going west just pass the XXX Arcade, I had a semi that was in a hurry traveling east bound riding on the back doors of the truck in front of him. A slight curve and I don&#039;t know if he drifted or was going to pass but he started over the line and heading directly toward me. Because I did not have to suddenly be grabbing gears as I tried to slow down, I could concentrate on what was unfolding in front of me, and a very serious fatality accident was prevented. I didn&#039;t know if he was going to strike me cab to cab or if I was going to catch the front corner of his trailer as he jerked it back over or if it was going to be the rear of the trailer in its swing. My truck did what it was designed and programmed to do. All I had to do was try to remain straight and not jerk the wheel. I was lucky. It was daylight, dry roads and my Roehl trainer taught me 10 years ago to run with a jake on which combined with the auto shift help slow me down. This could have turned out with multiple deaths/injuries. Several trucks and cars would have been involve in the mayhem as there were cars following both of us along with several trucks coming behind him. So to each their own. If you like a manual then drive a manual. Some of us do like automatics for a variety of reasons. It doesn&#039;t make you a &quot;real&quot; trucker. Its just there has not been any options until now. You had to drive manuals.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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