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« Reply #15 on: April 02, 2007, 11:34:27AM »
what a tangled web. remember when car companies built there own cars. YES!
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« Reply #16 on: April 02, 2007, 11:52:05AM »
don't forget the Japanese transmissions
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« Reply #17 on: April 02, 2007, 12:21:37PM »
My tranny isn't Japanese  Look I'm driving
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« Reply #18 on: April 02, 2007, 12:32:35PM »
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My tranny isn't Japanese  Look I'm driving

the getrag in the mcs is German but it is also used in the chevy cobalt  No no...
the aisin in the mcsa is japanese and it is the same as the Audi tt   YES!
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« Reply #19 on: April 02, 2007, 12:35:25PM »
I think my cup holder was made by Tibetin monks, but its all good!!!! love my mutt car  Whooopeee!
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« Reply #20 on: April 02, 2007, 01:09:45PM »
Quote from: nypepper on April 02, 2007, 12:32:35PM
the getrag in the mcs is German but it is also used in the chevy cobalt  No no...
the aisin in the mcsa is japanese and it is the same as the Audi tt   YES!

The Cobalt uses the Getrag F23 5 speed.  The Cooper S uses the Getrag 285...also used in the Ford Focus SVT... Look I'm driving
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« Reply #21 on: April 02, 2007, 04:26:05PM »
Quote from: pedrocooper on April 02, 2007, 01:09:45PM
The Cobalt uses the Getrag F23 5 speed.  The Cooper S uses the Getrag 285...also used in the Ford Focus SVT... Look I'm driving
ignorance is bliss  YES! Very confused
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« Reply #22 on: April 02, 2007, 05:33:14PM »
My salesman told me mini 05 mcsa tranny was made by porsche
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« Reply #23 on: April 02, 2007, 06:01:00PM »
Quote from: mini_z on April 02, 2007, 05:33:14PM
My salesman told me mini 05 mcsa tranny was made by porsche
Salesman hmmmmm Very confused  No no...
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« Reply #24 on: April 02, 2007, 06:32:16PM »
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Salesman hmmmmm Very confused  No no...

he also told me it will beat  Pepper white's
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« Reply #25 on: April 02, 2007, 07:22:51PM »
If it's any consolation, the pre-BMW Rolls Royce Silver Spirit used basically both a 3 & 4 speed Turbo-Hydramatic from GM!
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« Reply #26 on: April 02, 2007, 07:35:48PM »
Quote from: mini_z on April 02, 2007, 06:32:16PM
he also told me it will beat  Pepper white's

i'm thinking he was lying to you
you can't beat a pepper white but silver jcws     thats a different story  Pimping Out!
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« Reply #27 on: April 02, 2007, 10:23:52PM »
Quote from: tec18554 on April 02, 2007, 06:01:00PM
Salesman hmmmmm Very confused  No no...

mine told me that it was "the same engine they put in the porsches"  (i guess mine lied a little less lmao,  he was more general about it)
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