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Old 01-29-2020, 01:29 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Tcoat View Post
What? Really?


Long gear ratios? In a 6 speed? For most of the MT history it had 3 gears. Those were long gears ratios.
3 gears is ancient history by now and such technology carries no relevance today.

Engines use to be manually cranked too. I would never look forward to that in the freezing cold at least.


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Originally Posted by Tcoat View Post
The manufacturers have to meet emission and mileage controls. Those requirements dictate gear ratios. This is why you now have 6 or even 8 gears in a MT.
I won't pretend to know more than you do in these matters and I won't challenge your statement here. I just lament the end result regardless of the validity of the mandate.

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Oh and this dude is annoying as fuck and only gives you part of the story.
This is your personal opinion and this YouTuber happens to have 2.5 million subscribers with a video reaching 15 million views and this is on explaining technical details the masses tend to fall asleep in.

So your personal opinion doesn't seem to be that popular.
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