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Originally Posted by jeffreyfranz 2) In hard driving contexts , shift aggressively and get on the power immediately --shazam! and CRUNCH! no need to shift aggressively or slam the throttle

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Old 03-02-2010, 03:49 PM   #1 (permalink)
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2) In hard driving contexts, shift aggressively and get on the power immediately--shazam!
and CRUNCH! no need to shift aggressively or slam the throttle wide for fast acceleration. smooth is the way to go.
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and CRUNCH! no need to shift aggressively or slam the throttle wide for fast acceleration. smooth is the way to go.
No, I have never yet CRUNCHed my transmission on this admittedly new car (1200 miles)--I suppose there's still time. I simply meant not to be afraid of the car. In "hard driving contexts" (remember that?)... oh, never mind. It is absolutely not necessary to brutalize the car in order to shift aggressively (or drive aggressively, for that matter), and "getting on the power early" ("slam" was your word) is a necessary and desirable part of high-performance driving. Doing it all smoothly; that is where we are in complete agreement.
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