I inherited a Ford Aspire (and its car payments) three years ago because I needed a newer commuter car that could do 90-mile-a day commuting and my friend needed to get out of the payments (long story). It DIDN'T MATTER what gear the car was in... it drove the same regardless; the only difference was the exhaust note. It was probably the opposite experience to yours, as the clutch pedal's action was so light that I felt like I was about to put a Flinstone hole through the floor every time I shifted! Sam --- westydriver <westydriver@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO> wrote: > how many with military experience in the old duece > and a halfs. they > had a rather strange shift pattern with normal > positions for 3rd and > 4th switched. deploy for a couple months of heavy > time in one of those > get back to home station and wonder what the fff is > wrong with your > transmission, not to mention almost punching my > clutch pedal through > the floor on the first shift. > jimt > > On Friday, Oct 11, 2002, at 09:48 America/Denver, > Donna Stewart wrote: > > > I seem to weirdly have the opposite problem from > time to time - I > > drove four speeds for so long that sometimes I > drive along in my New > > Beetle and forget to shift into 5th. I don't seem > to space out and > > look for 5th gear in my Vanagons. Strange.
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