At 09:20 PM 10/17/98 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 10/15/98 3:21:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu writes:
>
><< An autostick is an interesting idea, but its still worthless to me
> without a clutch.
>
> Color me stubborn, but I'll be rowin' a manual until they can
> figure out a way to wire the thing directly into my brain. :-) >>
>
>
>BAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHWAWAWWAWAHAHAHHAHa You'll learn commie :-) I
will
Heh heh heh!
Ya know, I think we have to change that "commie" thing. Communists
can't think for themselves and have everything done for 'em by the govt.
Very similar to auto drivers who have everything done for 'em by their tranny.
;-) From now on, you can be the commie. I'll be the capatilist pig. :-)
Da comrade? ;-)
>grant ya that manuals will tear up a lot more equipment and IF they don't ya
>may get a little hole shot ???? by high rev clutch dump. Of course a higher
Heh heh heh! A reaction time here and a holeshot there will make the
win light come on every time. ;-)
Although I will admit that some autos do sound pretty sweet heading down
the track. I can't shift that fast, but my manual gear ratios and launch
options still seem to keep me ahead of the pack. Not to mention the freedom
to shift whenever I want to. I can rebuild my engine into something that'll
rev to 8,000 rpm and not have to worry about the tranny shifting at 4500 or
so. :-) Lesse what else? Low traction capability, being able to push start
the engine, better gas mileage, more fun, and I know there's gotta be
more...
:-)
>stall TC would even it out and for the being in the right gear if we're both
>running along in OD and someone says go do you really think you could shift
>down faster than I could floor it and have it shift down by auto ????? I
don't
I dunno, lets try it. :-)
>think so and the auto will go to the lowest possible gear even if for only a
>second or 2 and the be in the right gear again. And as for down shifting on
Maybe your tranny is different, but with every auto that I've driven,
when I step on it, it starts to speed up, then it goes "duhhh...", decides
to shift down, then maybe tries the next gear down, which it doesn't like,
so it goes one further, then almost immediately has to shift back up, all with
nice delays spread through there. :-) On the other hand, its VERY different
with my truck: Based on RPM, engine sound, road conditions, and a billion
other variables completely foreign to an auto tranny, my amazing
supercomputer-like brain computes the precise gear I should be in as I push
in the clutch, and bring up the rpm's. Biceps rippling, I slam the stick
into
the proper gear and the clutch is already on its way back up. The power
kicks
in like a JATO rocket burrowing into my chest. My radar detector tears off
the
windshield with an unholy shriek and smashes through the rear window. The
tires
smoke, the front end raises 3 feet, the asphault wrinkles as it bleeds molten
rubber, and I'm screamin' down the road executing the remaining shifts with
perfect timing and precision. Babies cry, men cringe in fear, and women
stare
adoringly. In mere seconds, I dissapear over the horizon and become nothing
more than a memory. The local elders will pass the legend of the manual
tranny
down through the generations. It is said that one day this warrior will
return
to free the world of the tyranny of the auto trannies forever. (Editors
note:
the preceding paragraph may have contained slight dramatization.)
> AND ya don't need a
short
>shifter :-) the only thing the auto doesn't do for me is help my terrible
>reaction times :-)
Heh heh heh! And I'd like to keep it that way, if possible. ;-)
-Jon-
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