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Old 10-21-2012, 05:31 PM   #26
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I can't see extra shifts in a manual improving the quarter mile times. The extra time it takes to shift more times will offset the tiny improvment gained by the extra gear(s).
True.

And I think perhaps we're already starting to see that, where Automatic Camaros and CTS-Vs are faster than their manual counterparts in the quarter-mile.

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Well, if we can put the CAFE standards back where they were 4 years ago, we could ALL enjoy the 6.2 in any Camaro, and not have to buy some ultra expensive limited edition model to get one.
Also true!
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