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To: Libloather

Many new heavy trucks are automatics, which scares the crap out of me. I live in the mountains and the amount of out of state trucks with smoking brakes is wild.


54 posted on 09/04/2026 3:31:06 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: VTenigma

Many new heavy trucks are automatics, which scares the crap out of me. I live in the mountains and the amount of out of state trucks with smoking brakes is wild.

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Ineresting, I heard that these heavy truck with autos are really the old clutch and gearbox(s), but with pneumatic actuators and computer control.

I always thought that would be a cool engineering project on a car. Never got around to it though...


94 posted on 09/04/2026 5:05:27 PM PDT by sonova (No money? You're free to go.)
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