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Old 08-07-2008, 04:20 PM   #25
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Dear god, please don't let the sound of a GM engine starting EVER resemble the sound of a Ford engine starting...I hate that sound.

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Kinda funny how everyone always wants to collaborate with GM. Mercedes and Chrysler did the same thing with the new(ish) 6speed auto trans
...and GM-haters' darling Toyota is always collaborating with GM on something or other.

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Interesting. I like the idea of shared transmissions better than shared engines though. Generally speaking, few care about the tranny in a car so long as it works.
Manual transmissions, maybe...but automatics, well, no automatic is as nice or as versatile as a GM automatic.
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