Re: Auto vs 5-spd...who said???

From: Bruce Aaron Hefner (gt9742a@prism.gatech.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 16 1997 - 10:54:56 EDT


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> I think all you stick-shifter headed guys have got it all wrong. Its not
> that we who prefer automatics like having a big tub of pressurized oil
> shifting the gears for us, its that we like NOT having to clutch
> continously! ( some of us at least) So as Carl wrote:
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> >>In the same issue, there was an article on the Ferrari F355 paddle
> shifters. Nice, but >>guess what? They're STILL manuals, not automatics.
> They don't use a clutch, but they >>also don't use hydraulic fluid stuff
> like the autos.
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> Who cares if "Its still a MANUAL" Ghast! I don't give a %@&*$%# if it
> runs on ozone or peanut butter if it lasts and I can cruise along and shift
> gears bang, bang with the push of a button I'm all for it. When can I get
> one in my Dak
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Precisely, it's having to fool with a clutch, especially in heavy traffic
in the morning, that I dislike, and is why I prefer an auto, and since I
don't envision being able to afford the ferrari, with it's clutchless
tranny anytime soon, I'll stick with an auto.

Bruce



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