Has Mercedes Always Been This Bad?

ERF-NGC-European:
But SKs had the modified NG cab with the ‘ironed out’ quarter-light window and a better appointed interior. They also came with more modern engines (no problem there) and - this was the defining characteristic - EPS transmission. EPS was truely awful, as described in this forum on legion threads.

It seems to be only in the Powerliner 2 where it became standard fit ?.I guess ours must have been at the cut off point of Powerliner 1 where proper shift was still available.