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Old 11-15-2013, 09:15 AM   #44
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Originally Posted by maximumunicorn View Post
From the Auto Panel blog:
"The slower acceleration to 60 is due to the addition of the 6-speed, in which it takes three shifts to reach 60 whereas it takes two on the outgoing 5 speed."

Seems like this could be a good tradeoff.
Absolutely. Same reason the twins are a half second slower to 60 than they seem. 60mph and 100km/h are such arbitrary numbers... They don't really indicate how fast a car is unless the only thing you're trying to do is get to the speed limit on a road as fast as you can.
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