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Re: Can Chrysler hit jackpot again?
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Re: Can Chrysler hit jackpot again? -
05-18-2007
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I've not heard of the lack of CVT engine braking. That's very important for my driving in the mountains and it would be unacceptable. Which would you rather replace: tranny or brake pads? |
pads an automatic transmission's friction elements are made for
*millions* of cycles and are continuously bathed in a lubricant/coolant.
Pulling the lever down a gear or two on a downgrade for engine braking
is no more wearing on the transmission (less, actually) than pulling
away from a stop, and you do that dozens of times every single day
without worring about the transmission wear, don't you? Riding the
brakes in mountain driving for the mythical goal of "saving" the
transmission is just wrong-headed and potentially dangerous.
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Some O <SO (AT) nospam (DOT) net> writes: In article <njIMh.84$sN2.47 (AT) newsfe04 (DOT) lga>, "Joe" <Joe (AT) dontspam (DOT) net wrote: Well, on the CVT, it's an "everybody is doing it" thing. It gets results on paper. I think the CVT is going to bow out as the most hated auto technology ever. Any particular reason? I've not driven one, but it is sounding very good. The design has been improved many times over the years and is now used in a wide variety of cars. Initially it was only in small low power cars. The only negative I've heard recently is the lack of adequate shift points. Negative? That's the point! Artificially adding shift points strikes me as idiotic. |
technology with idiocy? The answer is because PEOPLE HATE IT. That's what
I said above. You have to remember that everybody feels, but not everybody
thinks.
We live in a world where a $70,000 car was engineered with a pipe from the
intake manifold into the passenger compartment to generate noise. That's
reality. Stupid, yes, but they did it. They did it because they thought
their rich customers would like it.
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Negative? That's the point! Artificially adding shift points strikes me as idiotic. Exactly. Now you're getting somewhere. Why would anyone couple an advanced technology with idiocy? The answer is because PEOPLE HATE IT. That's what I said above. You have to remember that everybody feels, but not everybody thinks. |
in history (somehow beating out such gems as seat belt interlocks and
talking dashboards) because people are too ignorant to understand it
and too stupid to be educated?
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We live in a world where a $70,000 car was engineered with a pipe from the intake manifold into the passenger compartment to generate noise. That's reality. Stupid, yes, but they did it. They did it because they thought their rich customers would like it. |
a terribly cost-effective way to do it (just using less insulation
would have done it at less cost), but it isn't like they had a little
speaker making vroom-vroom noises. That would be an analogous
decision.
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We live in a world where a $70,000 car was engineered with a pipe from the intake manifold into the passenger compartment to generate noise. That's reality. Stupid, yes, but they did it. They did it because they thought their rich customers would like it. If you pay a bit more you get very wide low profile tires with no side |
I saw 25 profile tires on a Mercedes sedan the other day, UGH!
Those with lots of money base their buying more on emotion, particularly
if they want to make an impression.
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In article <N3P3i.125$U54.115 (AT) newsfe02 (DOT) lga>, "Joe" <Joe (AT) dontspam (DOT) net wrote: We live in a world where a $70,000 car was engineered with a pipe from the intake manifold into the passenger compartment to generate noise. That's reality. Stupid, yes, but they did it. They did it because they thought their rich customers would like it. If you pay a bit more you get very wide low profile tires with no side wall depth that ride like shit. I saw 25 profile tires on a Mercedes sedan the other day, UGH! Those with lots of money base their buying more on emotion, particularly if they want to make an impression. |
the rim. Then you'll know you've really made the big time.
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