{HEAD ~ The method} 3, further including determining the retarding gear in response to determining that the difference is less than {TAIL ~ a coolant temperature difference} threshold 
{ HEAD ~ The method } 3 , further including determining the retarding gear in response to determining that the difference is less than { TAIL ~ a coolant temperature difference } threshold
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