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49. happyslug

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Im not sure what the trucks was designated - but it was a GMC at least- The only thing I do rembember is that they was, most posible from surplus WW2, given as aid in the Marshall plan - and used for as long as human posible untill the 1990s, when they was repleased by Volvo and Scania trucks - they was after all wearing out (if posible) and wel the army needed newer, more effective tools anyway... But they was well used in the army - where they was used for allmoust everything the army ever did between 1945 and the mid 1990s - everything from troop transport to bulding roads all over the country - the army also keept a lot of whatever the UK was not able to destroy of german equipment between may 1945 and september 1945 - for a long while before they got rid of it too... But I digress - Other way - they are rumored to have the ability to use everything under the sun - when it come to fuel - not just diesel and petrol - but allmoust everything who could be used to run an engine - this engines could do it - and was testet - and in many cases used regulary with fuel that I doubt was in any of the engine designers when the engine was designed back in the 1940s... I think it for the most part was diesel - the petrol engines was to expansive to drive with the service they had - and diesel is more easy to get their hands on in a crunch in Europe anyway... Just ask soldiers of the 8th army.... the few who still remain alive that is...

And as you pointed out, the age was shown on the trucks - but when they ran, they ran well - GMC did made some great trucks back in the 1940s - and they was, for its time maybe some of the best out there... And generations of norwigian soldiers had both found, and less found experiences with this beast of a truck - specially the oldest one who was not excactly on the slim side, even for a truck...

it is the more "automatic-manual transmissions" that's correct - it it meant to be more easy to drive on a regular basis - and it might be that... Many I know, who drive a modern car with DSG? is absolutely in love - and can not give it enogh promise - not just for the comfort it gives - but also becouse it is rather economical to drive - at least on normal roads - Im not sure how it is when you have to drive on other, more shallegenging roads, as you point out, Norway is a montainous country, with a lot of up and downs and turns right and left - but from I know - it is still not to expensive to have a DSG gear.... It helps a lot - that the engines is tending to be smaller than before - with more HP and power than before too.... Even a 1.4 L engine can have more than 140 Horsepower this days - I have rented a few of them - with small engines - but they go fast (never getting a ticket - know on woods) yet...

It is a imporant point you is getting there - the new type of automatic transmission is not excactly geared for the more montanious parts of Norway - and the computers can get false negatives.. But some computers is smart enought to adjust its course - when it experience new parts who the old habits are not really the rules anymore - and I think that's rather interesting - that you can put a computer in a car - and they can learn new things than they are programmed for doing...

But it is not the same as a manual transmission - where you, the driver is the best computer a car can get - and where it is up to your experience as a driver to deside the speed and the transmission... Even the smartest computer can not win over a human brain - yet - and hopefully it wil stay that way for a long while yet...

And I think, I hope my next car wil be a manual transmission one - it is sheaper to buy - and little less expansive to operate - and to repair if needed... I would better have a better sound system - or a GPS or some other fancy "toys" in a car - for the same cost as an automatic transmission...

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