Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Insanity strikes again

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

Yeah, all through the auto industry slush box referred to trannies that use a torque converter in place of a clutch. Always been that way in my 55 years in the industry. The term was really appropriate in the early days when the torque converters were not very efficient. Did more slipping than transmitting torque.

Hans. 

On Sun, Feb 14, 2021, 2:09 PM Charles Perry <charles [at] carolinasound.com> wrote:

Is it just me, or haven’t I always heard of automatic transmissions referred to as slushboxes (because their fluid operates the gears and manages the operation of the torque converters)?

 

cLydE is using it to indicate manuals, which I have not heard elsewhere.

 

Is this a cultural/regional/whatever kind of thing? Obviously it’s impossible that cLydE is wrong, but it certainly is possible that someone misled him.  😊

 

 

 

From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+charles=carolinasound.com [at] ferrarilist.com> On Behalf Of Clarence Romero Jr.
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2021 9:28 PM
To: Charles Perry <charles [at] carolinasound.com>
Cc: FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Insanity strikes again

 

Gary I don’t get that

When you look at slush box cars anywhere 

The first thing that stands out is

Clutch replaced at...

What’s that tell you?

The guy didn’t know how to drive a car with a clutch 

That’s it

I’ve owned Ferraris for years and never replaced a clutch 

When I worked at a local independent shop a guy came in bought a 360 stick

I had to drive it because he didn’t know how too!

So why the premium for a car that you don’t know how to drive?

I own a 575 F-1 and I am never looking back

I always drive it the manual mode with the paddles and I never miss a shift!

Up or down and it’s easier on the drive train

And it’s faster 

, you can’t shift that fast manually and you have all the rpm protections up and down!

I hate to say it but the average Ferrari driver doesn’t know how to shift a slush box!

I don’t know who said it 

But there are Ferrari drivers and Ferrari owners!

And truer words were never spoken

And the 6 speed manual in the 550 sucks big time along with the Arnold Schwarzenegger clutch pedal!

But hey let them pay premium  
These are they same guys who like radial engines on airplanes!

 

 

 

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Clyde Romero    

 

 

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On Feb 12, 2021, at 6:23 PM, Gary Reed <gary [at] garyreedsales.com> wrote:



550s have been bringing very strong $$, compared the 575s, because a lot of people want manual

transmissions.

 

What's really cRaZy are the F430 manuals.  They are about a $100K premium over an F1 trans car.

 

 

GR

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Clarence Romero Jr.

To: Gary Reed

Cc: The FerrariList

Sent: Friday, February 12, 2021 3:13 PM

Subject: [Ferrari] Insanity strikes again

 

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2000-ferrari-550-maranello-17/

Clyde Romero

 

If you have no enemies

You have no character ! 

 

Scars are tattoos with better stories!

When you're out of F-4's you're out of fighters!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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