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Newsgroups: bit.listserv.hellas
Date:         Wed, 15 Apr 1992 20:01:00 EST
Reply-To:     "WILLIAMS-RENAULT ALL THE WAY..." <ALTSOURINAKI@VASSAR.BITNET>
From:         "WILLIAMS-RENAULT ALL THE WAY..." <ALTSOURINAKI@VASSAR.BITNET>
Subject:      Re:McLaren-Honda's new semi-automatic gearbox...

Stelnw to parakatw message ws apantisi enos posting pou emfanistike sti lista
prin apo ligo,kai itan parmeno ap'to rec.autos.sport xwris na anaferei poios
itan o filos pou pire tin prwtovolia afti.Apantaw sta ellinika giati
apefthynomai sti lista,alla molis to dw na emfanizetai kai sto rec.autos.sport
(mexri stigmis den exw dei tipota edw sto Vassar) tha apantisw ki ekei
agglistei.
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To neo imi-aftomato kivwtio tis McLaren-Honda DEN exei polles omoiotites me to
Tiptronic tis Porsche.Afto to lew ypefthyna,dioti exw odigisei para polles
fores tin 911 Carrera 2 me Tiptronic,kai malista se agwnes tou Porsche club of
Virginia,sti gnwsti pista tou Summit Point.

To tiptronic tis Porsche allazei tis taxytites kata ti voulisi tou odigou,ektos
apo dyo periptwseis:otan kata tin epitaxynsi oi strofes ftasoun sto orio tou
kofti,opou to tiptronic vazei amesws tin epomeni taxytita,kai otan apo 4i kai
120 mph theleis na katevaseis se 2a,opote to tiptronic ksana arneitai na kanei
tin allagi gia na min tinaxtoun $75,000 ston aera!! Se OLES tis alles
periptwseis,to Tiptronic ypakouei pista stis prostages tou odigou,anexartita
apo strofes tis mixanis,taxytita kai opoiadoipote alli parametro.Synepws,oi
allages twn taxytitwn ginontai amesws,kai malista otan i Porsche diafimize afto
to systima,elege oti mono enas stous deka odigous boroun na allaxoun taxytita
pio grigora me symvatiko systima,ap'oti to Tiptronic.

Ap'tin alli meria,to systima tis McLaren-Honda,fainetai oti einai poly
diaforetiko.To computer tou kivwtiou kanei tis allages otan i mixani einai
etoimi (pou simainei oti polles fores i allagi den einai amesi),kai episis
xreiazetai mono ena xtypima tou koumpiou gia na ginoun oses allages xreiazontai
gia na meinei i mixani mesa sto effective powerband tis.Diladi:sto telos mias
megalis eftheias prin kleisti strofi,o odigos frenarei,ki anti gia 4
katevasmata apo 6i se 2a,ypoteithetai oti sto kivwtio tis McLaren xreiazetai
mono ena,kai to computer tha katalavei poia taxytita xreiazetai.Afto einai mia
riziki diafora metaxy tiptronic kai semi-automatic gearbox tis McLaren.Gi'afto
allwste kai o Ayrton Senna mallon exase ekeini tin allagi stous prwtous gyrous
tou GP tis Brazilias,otan ton perase o Schumacher,gia na ton ksanaperasei
vevaia meta o Senna sto telos tis eftheias.Legetai oti enw ekane allagi apo 5i
se 6i,to computer argise na kanei tin allagi kai o Senna ksanapatwntas to
selector,to berdepse kai xathike i allagi.Na pei kaneis oti to imi-aftomato tis
Williams moiazei me to Tiptronic,tote symfwnw,alla se kamia periptwsi den
yparxei omoiotita me to kivwtio tis McLaren!!!

Epanalamvanw oti to mynima afto einai mia apantisi-enimerwsi ston filo pou
metefere to posting ap'to rec.autos.sport.Otan tha lavw ki egw afto to posting
mesw tou sygkekrimenou newsgroup,tha apantisw ki ekei....

kalo vrady,


Alexis Tsourinakis
Vassar College
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