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Old 07-27-2013, 04:12 PM   #8
Brad Roberts
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At least here in the US, nobody revs the engine past 2500 rpm making an upshift in town (no joke) Remember, "mericans" << say that with the redneck accent, are used to TORQUE. They are semi preprogrammed to shift early (I see this all the time)

Take a new person out on test drive? They will short shift the car!!

I have spent quite a bit of time running around the UK for weeks on end, I *know* how they drive, and I know what they are used to driving: vehicles with little torque/high revving engines or diesel's with gobs of torque and short shifting.

I ran around the Elstree area frequently in Turbo Mitsubishi's, and downtown London.
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