From: tedebear@leland.Stanford.EDU (Theodore Chen)
Subject: Re: SHO and SC
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
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In article <C5L8rE.28@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison) writes:
>Why anyone would order an SHO with an automatic transmission is
>beyond me; if you can't handle a stick, you should stick with a
>regular Taurus and leave the SHO to real drivers. That is not to
>say that there aren't real drivers who can't use the stick (eg
>disabled persons), but they aren't in any position to use an
>SHO anyway. 

actually, disabled persons have been known to drive in SCCA
races.  i'd be careful about making sweeping generalizations here.

i'd prefer a manual transmission, but the early SHO had an
awful transmission that felt like it came out of a truck or something.
it was almost enough to make me want an automatic.

-teddy
