Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift
by petre on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:11AM
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My car does it but it's a small diesel 4x4 with gearbox optimized for lower speeds. It happily rolls in the first on low slopes. I have yet to try this with a normal petrol engine car. I have to leave some free space in front of my car and sometimes aggresive drivers from neighbouring lanes will annoyingly slip into that space without signaling, causing a stop on my side.
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Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift
by blattimwind on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @06:13AM
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Yeah, especially not-ancient-TDIs with low and high idle (~800 and ~1100 rpm, out of and in gear, respectively) put out a surprising amount of torque without hitting the gas.