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

[Brent Stewart]

Robert - wish your reply had a "like" button :-)
brent 

     On Sunday, January 18, 2015 7:15 AM, Robert Pink <robpink2012 at gmail.com> wrote:
   

   Charlie I assume you were wearing Sun Glasses and has half a pack of
  smokes on hand
  On Saturday, January 17, 2015, Stephen <[1]steve at snclocks.com> wrote:

    A  A  "If modern performance automobiles are analogues to modern
    A  A high-performance fighter aircraft, where speed and agility are
    critical
    A  A measures, there will be no pace for the manual gearbox in
    serious
    A  A performance cars in the future.A  However, if performance cars
    are akin
    A  A to Lightnings, Corsairs and the like, then there is a natural
    place for
    A  A manuals.A  As performance art."
    A  A "It comes down to purpose. Sports cars are designed to make
    people
    A  A happy. Fighter planes are designed to make people dead. The
    latter are
    A  A built to do a job, and the efficiency with which they
    accomplish that
    A  A job is unrelated to operator entertainment. With street cars,
    numbers
    A  A don't paint the full picture. Every trip up a mountain or run
    to the
    A  A store isn't a full-tilt qualifier. The satisfying, tactile ha!
    of a
    A  A manual downshift can't be measured. And if you think speed
    through
    A  A automation always equals a
    A  A good time, ask an airline captain how thrilling it is to drone
    around
    A  A on 550-mph autopilot."
    A  A Somehow this spoke to me.
    A  A Stephen Nelson

References

  1. mailto:steve at snclocks.com

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   Robert - wish your reply had a "like" button :-)
   brent
   On Sunday, January 18, 2015 7:15 AM, Robert Pink
   <robpink2012 at gmail.com> wrote:
     Charlie I assume you were wearing Sun Glasses and has half a pack of
     smokes on hand
     On Saturday, January 17, 2015, Stephen <[1][1]steve at snclocks.com>
   wrote:
       A  A  "If modern performance automobiles are analogues to modern
       A  A high-performance fighter aircraft, where speed and agility are
       critical
       A  A measures, there will be no pace for the manual gearbox in
       serious
       A  A performance cars in the future.A  However, if performance cars
       are akin
       A  A to Lightnings, Corsairs and the like, then there is a natural
       place for
       A  A manuals.A  As performance art."
       A  A "It comes down to purpose. Sports cars are designed to make
       people
       A  A happy. Fighter planes are designed to make people dead. The
       latter are
       A  A built to do a job, and the efficiency with which they
       accomplish that
       A  A job is unrelated to operator entertainment. With street cars,
       numbers
       A  A don't paint the full picture. Every trip up a mountain or run
       to the
       A  A store isn't a full-tilt qualifier. The satisfying, tactile ha!
       of a
       A  A manual downshift can't be measured. And if you think speed
       through
       A  A automation always equals a
       A  A good time, ask an airline captain how thrilling it is to drone
       around
       A  A on 550-mph autopilot."
       A  A Somehow this spoke to me.
       A  A Stephen Nelson
   References
     1. mailto:[2]steve at snclocks.com
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