RE: Re: 5 Speed vs. Automatic

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (bernd@texas.net)
Date: Wed Feb 24 1999 - 08:38:58 EST


Don't forget all those "Manual Shift Kits" for the automatics. Let's face
it...they just wanna be cool like us. hehehehe... :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Jon Steiger
> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 2:34 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Re: 5 Speed vs. Automatic
>
>
> 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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