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- From: stecz@pencom.com (John Steczkowski)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: FLAME! Only a Manual!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.202508.1909@pencom.com>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 20:25:08 GMT
- References: <1992Nov10.233727.11527@syacus.acus.oz.au>
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- In article <1992Nov10.233727.11527@syacus.acus.oz.au> steven@syacus.acus.oz.au
- (Steven Malikoff) writes:
- > A question for those who drive automatics: Have you *ever* seen a racing
- > car (F1, Indy, Stock, Rally, etc.) that has an auto transmission?
-
- Let's see, Jim Hall Can-Am car, Top Fuel dragster drivers don't shift, some F1
- drivers have semi-automatics that you don't have to use the clutch except for
- starting from a complete stop. The F1 engineers are working towards a full
- automatic, but they just aren't there yet.
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- John Steczkowski stecz@pencom.com
- Life without risk is Disneyland
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