Re: Re: 5 Speed vs. Automatic

From: Jon Steiger (stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 24 1999 - 03:34:08 EST


At 11:41 PM 2/23/99 -0800, you wrote:
>I like it when an auto guy pulls it down and manually shifts it. Does
>he really think he can shift it faster by hand? Truth is he could if
>he had a 5-speed!
>

  Nope, they can't shift it faster, but they *can* shift it at the
RPM they want. Instead of having the computer shift, they can
get the rpm's higher before going to the next gear...

                                               -Jon-

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