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You’re not kidding! I first learned to drive stick in a deuce-and-a-half that my dad bought cheap at a surplus auction. I accidentally shifted from 1st straig
by oliveshell 5y ago
You’re not kidding! I first learned to drive stick in a deuce-and-a-half that my dad bought cheap at a surplus auction.
I accidentally shifted from 1st straight into 5th quite a few times. The darn thing had so much torque that it wouldn’t even stall when you did that!
- lvh 5y agoMuch better than shifting from 5th straight into 1st though :)
- bombcar 5y agoFun fact: the torque converter was invented a few years before the automatic transmission - and some cars were sold with a manual transmission and a torque converter. With only two or three forward gears, they found most of the customers would leave the car in the top gear and just accelerate slowly ...
- userbinator 5y agoThe Buick Dynaflow was almost entirely reliant on a multiple-element torque converter, in front of a 2-speed manual similar to the Powerglide. Slow and inefficient, but very smooth.