Rhythm Thief:
On the other hand, using the clutch a lot probably helps avoid DVT.
Wonder if, after 9 months, Bungle has finally learnt how to pull away from a standing start in what is essentially (for pulling away and stopping) a manual? Hardly anything to do with the gearbox is that! 
Renault has the best auto box of any truck.
TTX boy:
Renault has the best auto box of any truck.
So you mean volvo then ?
shaunomercy:
Having just read the six pages of this thread, there is something nobody has actually remarked on.
Id ask all the manual box lovers to strap a pedometer on or download an app for their smart phone and put it in your left pocket and as a ruff guide see how many times in a day your pressing a clutch.Yes some of the autos are slow changing and the scania 3 pedal is notoriously slow, the daf autos are pants, the mans are a pita to reverse. The volvo idrive is good tho but maybe people should consider that against worn knee ligaments in later life cause youve been pressing a clutch 300+ times a day thru your working lives and that because of that you maybe need a replacement knee in later life cause the cartlidge is worn out and youve got bone to bone, the autoboxes are actually a real blessing.
funnily enough my right knee ligaments are giving me problems at the moment-perhaps its all the exercise that the left leg gets thats keeping the left knee fine!!
Actually Andrew your both right and wrong. Back in the 90s when volvo was pioneering geartronic there was a big study done on the angles and pressures of joints. The constant pressure of an accelerator being nailed to the floor all day was found to be equally damaging. Id also add that sports like football and squash are just as likely to damage ligaments