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   Hank Rogers to Michael Trew   
   Re: 5L40E transmission in a Range Rover   
   18 Jan 22 07:46:38   
   
   From: Hank@nospam.invalid   
      
   Michael Trew  wrote:   
   > On 1/17/2022 5:13, Prince Andrew wrote:   
   >> Fuck me, what genius put a light-duty gearbox in the Range Rover?   
   >> They crapped out in Cadillacs and Holdens, which are 400 kg lighter.   
   >> And they are not cheap to rebuild. Fucken junk, only good for a boat   
   >> anchor.   
   >   
   > I'd never buy a Range Rover... over-engineered and expensive.  I haven't   
   > heard great things about reliability.  Manual transmission whenever   
   > possible!   
   >   
      
   Lots of cars like that. They’re for the rich folks. Daughter in law bought   
   a Mercedes but after a few years she ran out of money :)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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