ol' grouch wrote:
We get some OTR trucks in at work running automatics. I dread seeing them. When they work right, they are great. When they give trouble, they stop everything in its tracks. The truck repair shop down the road hates them too.
More and more companies are going to automatics in their OTR trucking fleets. They are more fuel efficient than standard transmission trucks. The company I escort for has switched to automatics in all their OTR trucks. Volvo trucks claim they have a new OTR truck, with an auto, that is getting 10 MPG!