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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='251626' date='Mar 8 2006, 10:18 AM
I'd get another SMG in a heartbeat but there are is another minor issue I'd like to see addressed in future versions of the transimission:
I would like to see a "winter" switch or some method of telling the transmission that you want to start in second gear "until further notice." Right now, you can start in second but if you come to a stop, the car assumes you want to start in first again. This becomes an even bigger problem when you're trying to rock the car if it's stuck in the snow, etc. (Yeah, I know Heloha, you don't have that problem...)
I would like to see a "winter" switch or some method of telling the transmission that you want to start in second gear "until further notice." Right now, you can start in second but if you come to a stop, the car assumes you want to start in first again. This becomes an even bigger problem when you're trying to rock the car if it's stuck in the snow, etc. (Yeah, I know Heloha, you don't have that problem...)
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Originally Posted by subterFUSE' post='251630' date='Mar 8 2006, 10:21 AM
What is this "winter" thing that everyone keeps talking about?
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Originally Posted by needforspeed' post='251641' date='Mar 8 2006, 03:49 PM
Like all crappy weather it's a British concept
If those damned Floridans would keep thier Hurricanes to themselves we wouldn't get such wet Autumns over here.
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Originally Posted by KAF' post='251681' date='Mar 8 2006, 01:09 PM
I'd just like to point out that most of our crappy weather starts out in the US !
If those damned Floridans would keep thier Hurricanes to themselves we wouldn't get such wet Autumns over here.
If those damned Floridans would keep thier Hurricanes to themselves we wouldn't get such wet Autumns over here.
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Originally Posted by ImolaRedM' post='251688' date='Mar 8 2006, 06:17 PM
Actually it starts in northern Africa.
Yea, but it's moving away from us then, it's only when it hits that big lump of USA that it bounces back our way.
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='251626' date='Mar 8 2006, 10:18 AM
This becomes an even bigger problem when you're trying to rock the car if it's stuck in the snow, etc. (Yeah, I know Heloha, you don't have that problem...)
I really feel for you guys in the East, it's got to be tough some days.
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='252508' date='Mar 9 2006, 08:22 PM
Nah, it's actually quite fun -- I love winter and snow, especially driving in snow... 
I had lots of fun that day in the snow and didn't even need to pull out the chains.
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Looks great! I'm sure you know that one of the cool things is that to truly have fun driving in the snow, you don't need very much on the road -- just enough to get things "greasy" is cool too! 
