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I will concede that it is an excellent counter.

This car is the closest example to countering my argument. The engine has a baby transaxle hanging off the front, and it is primarily an FR car. However, those two characteristics are unrelated. The baby transaxle drives the front wheels (AWD supplementation) and the rear is still driven by a trans behind the engine…

Of course my whole premise is stupid. This whole topic is incredibly masturbatory. The argument is reaching maximum fragmentation-while others are making some great points, they’re straying from my original statement.

No I didn’t. You did a piss-poor job of reading it. Read the whole sentence next time instead of taking half of it out of context.

C7 has this as well, just without the shaft going up front. But trans is still behind the engine in both cases.

Look AGAIN.

That’s a damned good point. Those crazy Italians. I guess it’s the same reason why BMW can call something a 4-door coupe.

You are quite wrong. Engine and trans layouts are extremely important for the reasons you listed. The reason why a Cayman performs differently than a 911 is precisely because they swapped the orientation of the drivetrain.

Read my comment again. I specified front-engine rear-drive cars. I know what Type 1 is, I own a couple.

The reason why they differentiate between mid engine and rear engine is because of the engine/transaxle arrangement (think Cayman vs. 911). I don’t bother to differentiate between front-engine layouts because no engineer is stupid enough to make a rear-drive car with a transmission in front of the engine.

That’s because they don’t want to service your car in 30,000 miles when all of the cylinder walls are scored.

Some dealerships will try to get customers to kowtow to anything.

I guess not trying is better than trying at all, huh?

An outrage! I demand satisfaction.

1. Yes.

I’ve been curious before, but I also know better than to touch. Plus, it looks like you might be getting ready to break into it or steal it. I feel weird about looking through windows to check if cars are stick or auto.

I’ve always wondered about those little air injection inlets on diesel tips. Made the assumption but never confirmed. Thanks!

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