Originally Posted by
jameswithington
Dog-leg first gears were also used on all Ferrari road cars, presumably to give the impression of being at the helm of a proper race-bred car. It truth it became a pain in everyday traffic because there was quite a large gap between the slots for R/1 and 2/3, meaning the shift between 1st and 2nd was always an awkward one.
My Mini has a similar 'problem', the distance between 2nd and 3rd is large enough to fit another slot in. It's like going from 2nd to 5th in a modern car.
Last edited by Wouter Melissen; 08-13-2004 at 02:37 AM.
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