shifting too soon in Type-S deadly?

Dean Dark <ddrake RemoveThis @comcast.notthis.net> wrote in
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> On 11 May 2007 21:45:37 -0700, ACAR <dimndsonmywndshld RemoveThis @yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>> Whatever reason it's done for then and now, it sure as hell isn't
>>> because the customers demand it.
>>
>>But Corvette customers did demand a transmission that wouldn't break
>>if you skip shifted it. Maybe Honda customers should do the same.
>
> I don't understand why Corvette customers are happy to drive a car
> that *forces* them to skip gears, regardless of whether they "demanded
> a transmission that is up to it" or not. It all smells like a kludge
> and marketing bullshit/spin to me.
>
> I can't imagine the upmarket performance car makers doing it, or their
> buyers tolerating it.

We're talking about a manual transmission, right? How does the driver know
they can't use 2nd and 3rd...lights on the dash or trial-and-error?

Tegger <tegger RemoveThis @tegger.c0m> wrote in
news:Xns99306B3627D68tegger@207.14.116.130:

> The only cars where manuals are entirely off the menu are those where
> sales would be virtually nil (minivans and SUV's for instance).
>

CRV manual...gone (for USA anyway).