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Old 10-May-2008, 02:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Kaptain K View Post
A car limited to 55mph and 0 to 60 in 30 seconds would be a hazard to the driver, passengers and everybody sharing the road with it! There is simply no way such a car could safely merge with freeway traffic!
Exactly. There are a lot of traffic situations where slamming on the brakes is the worst thing to do- you need to gun it.

This is part of the reason I hate Automatics too. Standard tranny all the way...


[ETA: Tranny is transmission. Not a strangely dressed passanger (which are almost common in Austin...)]
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