Re: this whole overrev topic

[John Edward Miller <jem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  How about hydraulic clutch actuator, controlled by DME and trigerred
>  by the same input that makes DME store the overrev info.  I've never
>  heard of any car having anything like that, however, it seems simple
>  (but probably is not).

Oh, this'd be comical.  You're downshifting 3-2, ease out the clutch to get
the engine braking, the computer decides the engine's overreving and stuffs
the clutch in on you.  

What happens?  You clobber whatever's in front of you, or end up in a
ditch.  

Please, no more 'solutions' for problems that don't exist.  Auto cars still
have the bloody shift-interlock brought on by the "unintended acceleration"
crap a few years back - all because ex-Oldsmobile owners (I think the term
'driver' implies too much here) who bought Audis couldn't find the stinking
brake pedal.  

I appreciate the DSP on our new 540ia (especially first time out on a
half-wet Nordschleife), but I also appreciate the 'off' switch.

John.

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