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Good Hump day morning.
I guess you can get one of the new fangled cars that has automatic rev matching for the people that never learned how to drive and don't want to learn. Having learned to drive on a VW bug, and starting with a 914 back in 1974 with the 901 transmission moving to a 911 with a 915 transmission was pretty easy. It took my arm a long time to relearn the shift pattern. The 901 has first against a spring and back so the rest of the gears are in the H. That was 100% ingrained in my brain and muscle memory after 22 years as the only car I drove.
On the 911 3rd gear is such a fun go to gear for twisties. It will run from 40 to 90 and usually is in the right torque band. 3dt in the 911 is where 4th was in the 914. With the 914 I could flog the engine and still be in reasonable speed range. With so many modern cars, they are going into stupid speed in a couple of seconds. That is what made the 914 so much fun. The 911 is similar, but it can get to stupid speeds reasonable fast so I have to use restraint.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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