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disclosure: I was the structural engineer at an electric vehicle company for a number of years. We built a large electric scooter/motorcycle similar to a Suzuki Bergman 400. Our electric drive system felt better than the "being pulled by a stretchy rubber-band" feel of CVT gasoline scooters. Cars with discrete-ratio gearboxes (manual or dual-clutch) don't suffer from that rubber-band feel, though, so not really much improvement to be had there. I think the biggest improvement is simply not having to operate a clunky and mechanism to change gears. Upshifts in my base/manual Cayman just felt so *painfully* SLOW after driving the PDK... Lost time! But for sure we are transitioning to more electric cars. And there by God *should* be some great electric sports cars in our future. I'm looking forward to it. Kinda... |
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Not a Cayman either, or a Ferrari—just a Chinese knockoff—but it’s electric.
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A "normal" manual is just slow. Painfully slow. And operating an awkward-at-best mechanism is not "driving". Braking at the limit, trail-braking at entry, squeezing on and modulating the throttle, and of course steering are driving. Shifting and clutching a manual box are a means to the end of performance driving. With an ICE engine I do like to be in charge of when upshifts and downshifts happen. But I don't need to operate the actual mechanical linkages myself, any more than I feel the need to manually change ignition advance or valve timing myself. Quote:
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CHEVROLET INTRODUCES FIRST HARDTOP CORVETTE CONVERTIBLE
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Corvette is wasting no time getting the C8 into racing. The 2020 Daytona 24 Hours will be its debut. https://www.motor1.com/news/374294/c...PI4r0bDO9zYjfE
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With the retractable hard roof I'm thinking I might like the "convertible" better than than the standard model.....
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Ok I give up. Where does the top go and how does it do it? Is it old school lift it off and leave it at home?
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Also, they have the configurator hidden pretty well. You have to go to https://www.corvette.com then select models/Upcoming and pick the 2020 Corvette. Then you have to scroll down about 3/4 way down the page and pick "Build YOurs' or something like that on the convertible model. Here's a link to the configurator.
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I'm pretty sure this is the king of "bang for your buck".
Sadly I cannot see them getting released here.
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