I believe I might understand the words IF the video was NOT played backwards ...
;-)
Amities
Philippe
> Le 23 août 2019 à 21:20, Frank <wijsmuller@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> Some international perspective...
>
> In the Netherlands we had DAF cars (it is still a truck brand
> <http://www.daf.global/en-en>) with a special kind of automatic
> transmission, called variomatic <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variomatic>.
>
> One of the features of the system was that it could drive the same speed in
> forward gear as in backward.
>
> After the demise of the brand the Dutch enjoyed 'backward drive racing'
> with the DAFs, and it really is a pity I couldn't find a subtitled version
> on yt. The guy talking is quite a famous comedian here..
>
> Watch for yourself and enjoy...
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO-insDVzDE>
>
> Frank
>
>
> Op vr 23 aug. 2019 om 20:14 schreef Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> Going further back in time, right after WWII, Chrysler offered "Fluid
>> Drive", with a high and low range on the shift lever, a fluid coupling,
>> and two speeds in each drive range. In normal drive range, you started
>> off, reached about 15mph, and lifted your foot off the accelerator to
>> shift into high range. My first driving was done in one of these.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>> On 8/23/2019 1:01 PM, christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> 'Way back in the days of yore, Volkswagen had an "automatic stick
>> shift", which was basically a manual transmission without a clutch. It was
>> not popular and only survived a year or so in production.
>>>
>>>> When you reach my age, automatic transmissions can be helpful in some
>>>> cases, and cause problems in others. Most of my driving is within the
>>>> city limits, seldom above 45mph. Much of it on streets marked 30mph.
>>>> When I had problems with sensor fouling on my 2007 Volvo V70, I talked
>>>> with an old-time Volvo specialist, who is no longer with us. I learned
>>>> about fouling from low rpm cruise speeds. My friend showed me how to
>>>> take advantage of the manual shifting side of the transmission
>>>> selector. If I'm feeling sharp, I cruise around town in 3rd gear rather
>>>> than 4th as selected by the automatic shift. This raises the rpm to
>>>> just above 2000, and the sensors stay clean. If I'm not at the top of
>>>> my game, I leave it in automatic.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
>>> - Hunter S. Thompson
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