Re: Fwd: Re: Competition cries "OOWWWW...

[esw5@postoffice2.mail.cornell.edu (Ernest Wong)]

[Bob D'Amato's comments follow]

>Well... when I was in san francisco for a month, i had rented an mx6.
>That think was such a piece of junk, I couldnt wait to get back to my
>4000.  Now how in the world could an mx-6 win when the 4000 wouldnt?! I
>doubt the mx-6 is better balanced at all.  It must be in the driver.  and
>if that driver could win in an mx-6, think of what he could do in the
>quattro!
>
I'm thinking that the Mx6 you rented had the lovely slushbox in it. Was it
the V6? I too rented a 626 (4 door cousin) in SF with 4 banger and
slushbox. I've been in the manual 4 banger before and definitely notice the
difference. The slush is slow to respond and takes A LOT out of the 4
banger. It might work better with the v6 but unless one has driven the
manual version of the Mx6, don't knock it off the list yet. . .

Now why don't we get manual trannies in our rental fleet like the Europeans. :-(

Ernest Wong
email: esw5@cornell.edu