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Old 12-13-2008   #1 (permalink)
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Default how come I always lose to manuals?

everytime i am in 40mph roll and somebody downshilft
alway pass me or just because my car is auto even my car have 427 rwhp
let me know how to get it right and i know those car have only 300 h.p
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sounds like you need a driver mod.......
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You can downshift manually with an automatic, I don't see how you can lose? Theres nothing more to an auto than just flooring it and shifting if you feel like it through the 1, 2, and 3 labeled on your shifter and you can turn off 5th gear by pushing in the O/D Off button in.

Also please be a little more specific in your post and type your words together a little more clear.

What kind of car do you drive and what car were you racing?
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I don't even know what this says.
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I don't even know what this says.
Whats the matter STL can't speak caveman?
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Whats the matter STL can't speak caveman?
LOL I read it fine

must be the driver bud...Ill put my auto up against a stick S197. Imay loose some but Ill win some too
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I'll throw a turbo'd auto against a stick anyday
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I don't even know what this says.

I have never seen anyone type with an accent before
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A LITTLE help you may want to try.
1. Turn off Over drive and TCS
2. PUNCH IT to the floor.
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everytime i am in 40mph roll and somebody downshilft
alway pass me or just because my car is auto even my car have 427 rwhp
let me know how to get it right and i know those car have only 300 h.p
I think "driver mod" is the correct answer: with the automatic you can do the same as the stick guys. You just have to learn to get into the right gear at the right time. The automatic's brain is good, but in the kind of circumstance you mention, you need to do the first part find out what is the fat part of your torque curve at 40 MPH, make sure that's where you are when it's time to give it full throttle, then shift to Drive with your accelerator foot on the floor.

(Now I'll leave the field to any other kids who feel a need to inflate their weak self-image by disparaging others' language skills. How many do they handle effectively?)
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(Now I'll leave the field to any other kids who feel a need to inflate their weak self-image by disparaging others' language skills. How many do they handle effectively?)

How about the people who find it necessary to disparage people that are disparaging other people because they feel a need to inflate their weak self-image? Is their self image twice as good or twice as bad?
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Can you give us some more info? (And maybe a translator?)
Why are they beating you? Are you spinning? Not in the power band? Reaction time? Boost lag? What mods? What car beat you?
A race isn't between two cars, it is between two drivers. A good driver with less hp will beat a bad driver with more hp. Not only hp, but suspension is a factor.

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I don't even know what this says.


Just go to Google and search for a translator.

Actually it has been proven if you read fast enough as long as the first and last letters are correct it doesn't matter the order of the rest of the letters.
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Actually it has been proven if you read fast enough as long as the first and last letters are correct it doesn't matter the order of the rest of the letters.
Waht if you cna't raed fsat?
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Waht if you cna't raed fsat?
Well then your screwed
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How about the people who find it necessary to disparage people that are disparaging other people because they feel a need to inflate their weak self-image? Is their self image twice as good or twice as bad?
Can't stand to look at yourself without whining? Make up your mind: are you for or against legitimate criticism (as opposed to cheap shots at the expense of the less fortunate)?

My self image includes a realistic assessment of my obligation to suggest to would-be bullies that they apply the Golden Rule. You're right in that I imputed an unverifiable "need", but I think there was at least some evidence to support the inference.

Tell me again how it is OK to have made disparaging remarks about someone's language skills? What is it about "writing with an accent" that is offensive to you? What is it about your remark that does not support my point? A funny, offensive joke is still offensive.

While you're awake and alert, look up "dissemble". (It really saved me a lot of time when some kind soul showed me the dictionary words are in "alphabetical order"!)
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