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Old 03-25-2011, 08:44 PM   #12 (permalink)
Hubert Farnsworth
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Planet Express Ship - '94 Geo Prizm LSI
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Originally Posted by ccryder View Post
You will have to drive one of the 11' models they are WAAAAY fun! The Powershift 6 speed manual auto is surprising. It is a traditional manual transmission design but with two cluthes that are controlled by a computer. One clutch controls 1-3-5 and the other 2-4-6. It's always in gear so i coast by slipping into neutral and letting gravity SUCK!

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Neil S.
Technically its not quite a traditional manual gearbox, as it has twin gear shafts rather than one multi segment shaft, and 1,3,5 are on one shaft, and 2,4,6 on the other, like the DSG gearbox in the VW's.
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