There has to be a reason why, yesterday I had a Merc axtros and for a manual it wasn't that bad. The gearbox was a bit stiff but not bad, till I got to Mount Royal that it. 'Your brakes & linings have worn out' was the message that flashed up on the dash in a lovely Red colour. Immediate stop and call the depot, then called the breakdown service and 3 hours later a mechanic turned up. He checked the breaks and all other bits and found that all were OK, the computer was throwing up some wonderful errors and the advice was too rude to print. On return the unit was Vor'd, getting good at doing this.