mr henderson
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| posted on 3/2/09 at 04:55 PM |
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Originally posted by dinosaurjuice
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Originally posted by mr henderson
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
just use a rwd automatic car as the donor, their even faster at changing gear than a BEC, last about 5 times longer and have a reverse as standard
Makes a lot of sense. There's a firm in South Africa that make an electronic controller for modern auto boxes that can be programmed or used to
make manual selection.
Manual gearboxes are just so yesterday's technology, it's just a lot of people don't realise it yet. I am reliably informed
there are still tin tops being purchased with manual gearboxes! Are the customers mad? Do they actually like having to constantly change gear and work
the clutch whether they want to or not?
Manuals should be made illegal, if it's not legal to eat a sandwich while driving I don't see how it can be legal to change gear.
John
HAHAHA take a look around!!
cars as a whole are yesturdays technology! theres nothing new about a box full of petrol and crude engines that we drive around in, having to turn the
wheel ourselves, and take responsibility for where we go and how fast we get there.
rant over
will
Indeed, but there is no harm in consigning to technology those things that can be dispensed with. At one time controls were provided to alter the
ignition advance.
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 3/2/09 at 06:22 PM |
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...or just go by train instead (oh dear, we really have digressed again - What a shock!)
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 3/2/09 at 06:25 PM |
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Originally posted by Richard Quinn
...or just go by train instead (oh dear, we really have digressed again - What a shock!)
 Its no wonder some newbies are put off when it happens
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 3/2/09 at 06:27 PM |
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What about the BMW SMG - by definition it is manual as it has a clutch not one of those viscous doo-dahs and torque converter. M3 would be a good
donor.
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