On the 18-speed....
I have a 10 speed autoshift. My opinion is that an 18 speed would have to many gears to move through. As Larry said, the purpose of those gears is to move heavy loads to speed - you will not be doing that. While it is true that "you" are not doing the shifting, you ARE waiting for all that shifting to happen to get up to speed. I find even my 10 speed takes longer than I want to pull up to road speed - if I manually shift (using the Hold) then I can circumvnet this. I can't imagine using an 18 speed.
Jack Mayer
1999 Volvo 610, 182" wb, ISM 400/1450
36' Newmar Kountry Star 5er
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