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Subject:	Re: OT: Anyone know how the Phaeton W12 engine works?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
Date:	Mon, 3 Nov 2003 15:36:17 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Kevin L. Clague wrote: > Obviously they don't, but they could use a differential to "add" the power > together, but then you'd need two tachometers. Well. That comes back to the question of "needing" a tachometer. I've noticed that like almost automatics have tachometers. Neither of the cars I've owned had/have a tach, and both had/do have a manually actuated gearbox. I think that's funny. Not that you ever rely on a tachometer to tell you when to shift anyway. The Prius uses a similar setup to what you mentioned to mesh the electric motor and gasoline engine in the THS. http://prius.toyota.com/technology/hybrid.html Iain

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		Re: OT: Anyone know how the Phaeton W12 engine works?
(...) (URL) friend Maria took me for a drive in her Toyota ECHO this weekend. I like Maria a lot. In our talking it came out that she bought her ECHO at the same dealership I did, from the same sales guy! Alan Pfaff. (URL) was really good to both of (...) (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

		Re: OT: Anyone know how the Phaeton W12 engine works?
(...) What if, on something like the Phaeton, which, in the words of the reviewer, has "vault like silence", you don't get that vibration or noise cues? Hence, you might need to use the tach. Calum (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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		Re: OT: Anyone know how the Phaeton W12 engine works?
(...) Obviously they don't, but they could use a differential to "add" the power together, but then you'd need two tachometers. (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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