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      11-28-2010, 09:17 AM   #21
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I still haven't figured out the point of 1st gear in this car... it seems the only time the car can go into 1st is when you switch to DS mode and then downshift. My butt-o-meter tells me I'm getting a faster launch in 2nd gear, and the numbers here seem to back that up.
Yup...interesting the magazines haven't figured that out. Perhaps with drag radials 1st gear might work...which I intend on finding out.
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