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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Andy B on 22 July 2015, 13:15:59
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who ever wanted a 3rd pedal anyway (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyXYB6nnbRE) ::) ::) ::)
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Ah the fifties. :y
No six...seven...eight or even nine speed auto box back then. :y
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Ah the fifties. :y
No six...seven...eight or even nine speed auto box back then. :y
The variomatic was the answer to needing 58 auto gears these days.
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Hmm, can't see it catching myself, quiet like the crunchy stick.
Heaven forbid that someone like Vauxhall would only supply a car with an Autobox.
Now, where did I park me 3.2.
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As a sort of middle ground you could always have gone for a car fitted with a pre-selector box fitted.Similar/same system as they used to fit to buses-do they still do so?Had to ask that as I can't recall the last time I caught a bus!
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Good find that :y
One thing I noticed was the foot control for main beam, always a better idea those. Only ever had one car with that and found it very usable, even on a manual
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Good find that :y
One thing I noticed was the foot control for main beam, always a better idea those. Only ever had one car with that and found it very usable, even on a manual
My first car, a MKIII Cortina, had a squeeezy bulb there for the screen wash (later changed), I found that I couldn't press that with my left foot without my right foot altering the throttle to some degree ???
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Good find that :y
One thing I noticed was the foot control for main beam, always a better idea those. Only ever had one car with that and found it very usable, even on a manual
I quite agree, all my early cars had that, and I found it worked well. I suppose if a gearchange and lights dip were simultaneously required, this may have been irritating, but IIRC it was never a problem. I would certainly prefer one on my autos than the column stick. :y
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As a sort of middle ground you could always have gone for a car fitted with a pre-selector box fitted.Similar/same system as they used to fit to buses-do they still do so?Had to ask that as I can't recall the last time I caught a bus!
I've often wondered why we didn't get electronically controlled pre-selector gearboxes, rather than VW's horrendously complex two-gearboxes-in one-case DSG to achieve a similar result. Especially as the biggest justification for such things is that it makes for gear changes that happen in milliseconds.
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As a sort of middle ground you could always have gone for a car fitted with a pre-selector box fitted.Similar/same system as they used to fit to buses-do they still do so?Had to ask that as I can't recall the last time I caught a bus!
I've often wondered why we didn't get electronically controlled pre-selector gearboxes, rather than VW's horrendously complex two-gearboxes-in one-case DSG to achieve a similar result. Especially as the biggest justification for such things is that it makes for gear changes that happen in milliseconds.
I can't get my head round that either ???
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As a sort of middle ground you could always have gone for a car fitted with a pre-selector box fitted.Similar/same system as they used to fit to buses-do they still do so?Had to ask that as I can't recall the last time I caught a bus!
Most city buses are auto - but theres rumours of semi autos coming back on the grounds of fuel economy...