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nonovurbizniz · 10-25-2003, 09:22 PM

^agree to what you want... he's right...

Short gears make you accelerate faster with the same power.

The ONLY reason for longer gears is higher top speed... less frequent shifting... and gas milage...

I personally prefer long gears... The way I see it make you gears long so you can reach higher speeds in each gear and make up the time with more power.

I drove an S4 and the gears were soooo short it was rediculous... almost undrivable imo... I wouldn't buy the car based on it's tranny... It makes it MUCH faster than it would otherwise be but it's not ANY fun to drive imo.

the best way to shorten gears imo is to get more power.

10-25-2003, 09:22 PM	#73
nonovurbizniz Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: ECUSA Age: 48 Posts: 2,693	^agree to what you want... he's right... Short gears make you accelerate faster with the same power. The ONLY reason for longer gears is higher top speed... less frequent shifting... and gas milage... I personally prefer long gears... The way I see it make you gears long so you can reach higher speeds in each gear and make up the time with more power. I drove an S4 and the gears were soooo short it was rediculous... almost undrivable imo... I wouldn't buy the car based on it's tranny... It makes it MUCH faster than it would otherwise be but it's not ANY fun to drive imo. the best way to shorten gears imo is to get more power. __________________ I am an A$$hole... take anything I say to heart at YOUR OWN RISK...