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SVTPerformance's Chain of Restaurants
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Imagine a Hellcat that can corner, a GT350 with 124 more horsepower, and an M4 with great steering.
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<blockquote data-quote="GT Premi" data-source="post: 15490743" data-attributes="member: 121775"><p>It is apples to apples. You're the one who brought up high-end sports cars moving to automatics. </p><p></p><p>I'd bet you dollars to doughnuts that a good many of the people buying those cars <em>can't</em> drive a manual worth a damn, if at all.</p><p></p><p>Formula 1 uses automatics to reduce the driver's workload, not for speed. Years ago when Formula 1 started the move toward automatics, they did a test between the automatic transmission and a properly driven manual. The driver's time difference, IIRC, was 0.09 second over one lap. The automatic drastically reduces driver shift errors which can lose precious time. How quickly the gearbox moves from one cog to the next has very little to do with it. The only reason that's even a factor is because it doesn't upset the chassis if the driver goes for another gear mid-corner.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GT Premi, post: 15490743, member: 121775"] It is apples to apples. You're the one who brought up high-end sports cars moving to automatics. I'd bet you dollars to doughnuts that a good many of the people buying those cars [i]can't[/i] drive a manual worth a damn, if at all. Formula 1 uses automatics to reduce the driver's workload, not for speed. Years ago when Formula 1 started the move toward automatics, they did a test between the automatic transmission and a properly driven manual. The driver's time difference, IIRC, was 0.09 second over one lap. The automatic drastically reduces driver shift errors which can lose precious time. How quickly the gearbox moves from one cog to the next has very little to do with it. The only reason that's even a factor is because it doesn't upset the chassis if the driver goes for another gear mid-corner. [/QUOTE]
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