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Old 08-05-2015, 08:33 AM
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Well... I find your answer not overly fair-minded, but I'll respond anyway... Beats reading the Canterbury Tales

What advantage exactly is the shaft supposed to bring ? So far, if it does indeed bring a competitive edge, it appears to be in specific situations and it must be very close to negligible, and I'm being extremely charitable putting it this way... So why bother with this floating gearboxes nonsense? Is someone actually going to try to convince us that with both gearcases floating, we will at last see the superiority of the shaft drive? Please...

As for cars allegedly being all the same, I find it oversimplifying... but I'll agree with you that it's a bit boring. I honestly don't care too much, I'm more interested in a car's actual performance.

And even if somehow being different just for its own sake actually made sense, a belted Awesomatix would probably differ in numerous ways from other TCs...

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