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Re: Leg and hip room in the TR6

To: Robert McBride <rmcbride@twmi.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Leg and hip room in the TR6
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:04:34 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, Robert McBride wrote:

> Thanks  Bob M
> PS "The result is a lot better arm position, and allows me to hold the wheel 
> in place with my knee while I eat a sandwich with one hand and dial my 
> cellphone with the other."  Just a question what do you use to shift 
> gears????

I have some in-car video that I shot when driving around Mid-Ohio a while
back (2000, I think) for a parade lap. I had a passenger who wanted to
tape the track with her own camcorder. So, I wound up holding my cam
corder with my right hand and driving (and shifting) with my left. One
problem that I was having was that when I went to shift I was having
problems getting the clutch in and the actual shift in synch... so  I
wound up doing clutchless shifts up/down.

The passenger was amazed.

I still think that she was convinced that I had a "dog-ring" 'box in the
car... nyuk, nyuk.

regards,
rml

p.s. the video came out really shakey because I had to hold the camera up
for two full laps and it took about 10 minutes. Try holding an early 90's
vintage cam-corder in one hand - unsupported for 10 -15 minutes sometime.
Yeow!
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