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Subject:Re: women and standard gearbox
From:Malcolm Stebbins
Date:Tue, 2 Jan 2007 18:15:17 -0800

This is why  folks use synthetic tranny oil,  no winter drag.  m

--- Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET> wrote:

> If you lived in the frozen north (like northern Maine where I have to go
> southwest to get to Ottawa) you would soon learn to depress the clutch
> even when in neutral.  When it's -20� F and I let out the clutch after
> starting, there is a very noticible drag on the engine due to thick
> transmission oil.  After it churns a while, it warms up and things get
> back to normal.
>
> Mike
> Houlton, Maine

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