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Re: OT: Anyone know how the Phaeton W12 engine works?
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Tue, 4 Nov 2003 03:56:50 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Iain Hendry wrote:
In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, John Guerquin wrote:

That's a good idea... but you can also shift by noise :)

Of course!  But the idea of the label was so I'd know I was driving most
efficiently in each gear when I was driving at speed X.  Or something.  IT

Doesn't that require constant road conditions, traction, incline etc?


    Iain (aka Ventax' new receptionist)

I got to play the receptionist during Pina Colada day at Vivid Group* when I
used to work there.

Calum
* - Toronto multimedia company I worked for when I was in high school.



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  Re: OT: Anyone know how the Phaeton W12 engine works?
 
(...) IT (...) Sure... but like, if you start going up a steep hill, you downshift to a lower gear. It becomes intuative, like riding a bike. If you're accelerating up a hill from a standstill you leave it in each gear longer. Sometimes I skip gears (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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  Re: OT: Anyone know how the Phaeton W12 engine works?
 
(...) Of course! But the idea of the label was so I'd know I was driving most efficiently in each gear when I was driving at speed X. Or something. IT WAS LIKE 4 YEARS AGO AND I WAS TRYING TO BE COOL. Now I just put pseudo-hybrid stickers on my fuel (...) (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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