RE: Autostick/tiptronic

[Eaton Dave <dave.eaton@minedu.govt.nz>]

wr ur-q's are not sports cars imho.  mb's and rr's are, well i think so
at least....

mind you the pedants might look askance at awd as well.  generally
speaking surely the description is relatively fluid.  people saying that
the 911 isn't one are on pretty thin ice with the average journo or
motoring jock...

to answer the other comment about f1 gearboxes in road cars.  not even
close i'm afraid.  the f355 has a (reportedly very good) *sequential*
shift option.  as debuted in f1 in the 1989 john barnard designed
(f1-89) 3.5l ferrari which won it's 1st race in brazil piloted by nigel
(look-at-me-mum) mansell.  i understand that the f50 3.5 litre mill is
also derived from this motor...

dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q

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> 
> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 16:48:44 -0400
> From: Robert Houk - WorkGroup Server Firmware
<Robert.Houk@East.Sun.COM>
> Subject: Re: 
> 
>    > And while we're being dogmatic, sportscars don't have 4 seats.
period.
> 
>    Fighting talk.  Ur-quattros have four excellent seats.
> 
> UrQ's are definitely not sports cars. (Spoken as an owner!)
> 
> 					-RDH
>