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Old 06-20-2007, 08:18 AM   #32
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Originally Posted by 09z28 View Post
Ferrari and BMW make manual transmission cars that shift like automatics, they don't have a conventional clutch, instead have multiple clutches without a clutch pedal, and the paddles electrically actuate hydraulics to shift gears. The computer shifts the gear almost as quick as your brain tells your finger to tell it to shift, like .15 seconds, where the fastest humans can shift in about half a second, huge advantage in drag racing.
You still can't feather (partially apply on deceleration or acceleration) an automatic no matter what kind of shifters it has. There is just some things you have to have a clutch to accomplish.
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