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Old 09-27-2011, 12:04 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by Dragoneye View Post
Exactly. If I remember right...Porsche or one of the other big European names said they were going to not use Dual Clutches quite as often because they're so expensive to make them stand up to the torque their high-end models make.

And that's not talking about the difficulties these transmissions tend to have at low speeds because they can't feather their clutches very well, and they lack a torque converter.

kinda like how the new Lambo uses a single clutch system (as do others). Wanna see how they do at low speeds? Go drive a smart car in a parking lot.... they use a single clutch system, and it feels like a 14 year old learning to drive stick
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