[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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