>I think it failed because of the fact that you couldn't hear or feel a >shift
The CV transmissions have the same characteristics - a littl un-nerving at first, but something that you can get used to. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > David J Brooks > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 11:49 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list > > Now, if GM's Engineers could come up with a decent non clunking tranny > for their extebded cabs, my life would be a heck of a lot better.:-) > > You figure after building cars for what, 90-100 years,, some one would > come up with a keeper. > > > IIRC, back in the mid 1950's, Buick had a transmission called something > like > "turboglide", that shifted without feeling or hearing it shift. I think > it > failed because of the fact that you couldn't hear or feel a shift. > > I could very well be wrong in my recollection. > > Bill > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
