I wonder if you have had any comments about the double clutch automatic gearbox that Ford is fitting in place of the conventional epicyclic gearbox with torque converter. I recently bought a Ford Mondeo with a 2-litre direct injection engine and the PowerShift gearbox and I think it is a very poor substitute for the real thing. I have been a two footed driver of automatics for nearly 40 years and I have never had any problem manoeuvring in confined spaces, but the PowerShift is very jerky when the engine and gearbox are cold and I am wondering what damage I am doing to the two wet plate clutches by use the two foot method.