Ferrari Mailing List: Re: LA Times: Dan Neil on heel-and-toe shifting and the Nissan 370Z

[Red5hilser (Red5hilser]

Ya know, Rick: Back in the old days, some of my girlfriends really  
appreciated my 4-on-the-floor. That was because I was massaging the gear  box 
instead 
of them while I drove. <g> But some of the others, well, you  know . . .
 
Yer pal, Ferrari Bubba
 
 
In a message dated 2/12/2009 7:25:39 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
rolindsay [at] yahoo.com writes:

You  know, a lot of this thread was written after F.G. commented 
(paraphrasing)  that some car "...would be better if it had a manual gearbox."  
I then  
said that modern automatic gear selection systems are superior to manual  
gearboxes - if your standard of excellence is absolute performance.  I  went on 
to 
say that if your standard of ENJOYMENT is playing with the shifter,  listening 
to the exhaust note and heel-n-toe down-shifting, then by all means,  go for a 
system with a manual gear selector in the cockpit.  (After all,  if it was 
good enough for drivers in 1930, its good enough for drivers  today!)  :-P  

The only point I am trying to make is that we  can argue until the end of 
days and we still won't agree because the real  difference is in the shifting 
system, its the definition of the word  "better".

rick
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