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Re: OT: Anyone know how the Phaeton W12 engine works?
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Iain Hendry wrote:
> 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.
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> I think that's funny. Not that you ever rely on a tachometer to tell you when
> to shift anyway.
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
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