well, if the V8 is not supposed to do that, I did not know since it has always done that in my P38 :)
I can only asume that since I live in a colder climate I would notice it, since in a warm climate the engine temp would be up so fast that you would hardly ever notice?
Anyway, I checked the oil level and it's, bar a few mm, bang on. I replaced the oil, filter, gaskets, etc. only 10k ago so that should be good. What I have noticed is that sometimes the box "hunts" from 4th to 3rd when I get of the accelerator at around 50-70kph. Also, when braking and crossing the 60kph threshold the box shifts down from 4th to 3rd and this is not very smooth at times. I can hear and feel the entire drive train "clunk" when that happens. At first I thought I had a bad u-joint or something but when I checked underneath the car yesterday all is well.
So, does anything like this spell abnormal or can I just write this one down as expected behaviour?
Thanks!
-P