[DeTomaso] Manual Gear Boxes - Quote from a R&T article

John Donahue demongusta at me.com
Sat Jan 17 13:48:52 EST 2015


Well put. Nothing like the sound and feel of driving. My outings in the Pantera are for the sheer "pleasuring of the senses".  And that includes a nice "rev-matching" double-clutching downshift. 
John
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> On Jan 17, 2015, at 10:42 AM, Stephen <steve at snclocks.com> wrote:
> 
>    "If modern performance automobiles are analogues to modern
>   high-performance fighter aircraft, where speed and agility are critical
>   measures, there will be no pace for the manual gearbox in serious
>   performance cars in the future.  However, if performance cars are akin
>   to Lightnings, Corsairs and the like, then there is a natural place for
>   manuals.  As performance art."
> 
> 
>   "It comes down to purpose. Sports cars are designed to make people
>   happy. Fighter planes are designed to make people dead. The latter are
>   built to do a job, and the efficiency with which they accomplish that
>   job is unrelated to operator entertainment. With street cars, numbers
>   don't paint the full picture. Every trip up a mountain or run to the
>   store isn't a full-tilt qualifier. The satisfying, tactile ha! of a
>   manual downshift can't be measured. And if you think speed through
>   automation always equals a
> 
>   good time, ask an airline captain how thrilling it is to drone around
>   on 550-mph autopilot."
> 
> 
>   Somehow this spoke to me.
> 
> 
>   Stephen Nelson
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