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Old 04-01-2014, 11:10 AM   #48 (permalink)
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Good point Frank. Having driven this type of automated manual, either way would be fine with me. More gears might work better with the engine in the Fiesta, but that would be offset by the additional fluid resistance losses you have mentioned before.

I'd like to see mine with transonic injectors, if I want to dream.

Torquey motors do it with fewer gears but look at the efficiency of big rigs with a lot of gears.

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Mech
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