re: selespeed

[alfanut@domain.elided]

>From: "Bill Magoffin" <billm@domain.elided>
>Subject: 156 Selespeed now in the buiding

>Gang,

>FWIW, I'm now in possession of a 156 Selespeed (Africa Grey Met./Tan Momo
>Leather). I'm way behind on digests so I'm not sure if anyone has already
>posted thier impressions.

>Apparently we in OZ have some of the first.

Ya lucky bastard! Go ahead, rub it in.

>This is particuarly so on the downshifts where you
>have to co-ordinate with your brakeing pressure and estimated ETA at the
>corner.

Does the downshift upset the car? ...because it doesn't exactly happen when
and how you want it?


>The sequential shift also takes some familiarisation. The instinct to pull
>the lever back when seaching for 2nd or 4th is hard to overcome at first. I
>am tending to use the stick at them moment but I could see how the buttons
>would be usefull on winding roads or the track where you were "having a go".

I had the opportunity to drive one for a few minutes at the Geneva show and
found it quite easy to drive... I found the buttons on the wheel to be so
easy, second nature...I never even touched the stick. Downshifts were
definitely the only weird thing I encountered... It was obvious there was a
learning curve for the driver.

lucky SOB...


Michael Williams
Sacramento, California US of A
69 Duetto
84 GTV-6

http://www.rcip.com/michael

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