After spending 2 1/2 hours yesterday on the 405 (LA area) going 65 miles I'm
almost ready to get an automatic in may next car, no matter what decade that
is!

dave

"Michael Johnson, PE" > wrote in message
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> Joe wrote:
> > "Michael Johnson, PE" > wrote in
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> >>Joe wrote:
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> >>>"Michael Johnson, PE" > wrote in
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> >>><snippy>
> >>>
> >>>>I've told my wife not to make me choose between her and the '89.
> >>>>I've known that car longer than I have her. Getting rid of it
> >>>>would be like selling my favorite dog.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I just had that very same conversation with my wife this week.
> >>>She's ****ed about how much money has been dumped into it over the
> >>>years, and she accused me of thinking that "the car was part of the
> >>>family". Of course, I told her she was right. It was the first
> >>>car we bought as a family, and now it's sort of being passed down
> >>>to my son. I think of it as an heirloom of sorts.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>My body may fail me over the coming years, but I swear I'm going
> >>>>>to my grave with a well-defined left leg.
> >>>>
> >>>>I have a SPEC Stage III in my car and it kills my left knee. I'll
> >>>>be going to my grave with a well-defined left leg in a knee brace.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>dwight
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>My left leg's just fine. That's why automatics were invented.
> >>>
> >>>Let the flames begin...
> >>
> >>No flames from me. I just hope the GT500 has an option for an auto
> >>tranny. It will do duty as a cruiser, not a road racer. Plus, one
> >>thing I've learned from hopping up the LX is having a manual car
> >>with 400+ rwhp and a boat load of torque makes the first two gears
> >>worthless.
> >> In a 0-60 run I spend more time shifting than accelerating.
> >
> >
> > There ya go. Automatics are tons o' fun with torquemonsters. Just a
> > blip or two of the throttle and it's party time. The Dak's tranny is
> > pretty neat - the harder you're accelerating the firmer it shifts.
> > WOT is a blast.
>
> I really hope the GT500 has an auto option. If it does it will be a
> terror at the drag strip.