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[Phil Stracchino]

Joshua Boyd wrote:
>> Side note:  When I lived in Spokane, Washington and drove a rather
>> highly tuned 1970 Camaro SS350, I had to learn to shift into neutral
>> whenever approaching a light or stop-sign in winter, because on a snowy
>> or icy road, with 350BHP and 388 lb.ft of torque on tap, it was
>> impossible to apply enough braking effort on the rear wheels to overcome
>> the idle torque of the engine without locking up the front wheels.
> 
> I usually put in neutral.  I drive a manual Jetta.

Yeah, it's the normal thing to do with a manual.  It took me a little
while to get used to having to do it with an automatic.


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