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      04-18-2012, 08:58 PM   #41
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One thing I would add is it that slides are easier to catch by thinking ahead. If I'm off my reference points then I start getting myself ready for something bad to happen. When I do that, I can correct or catch it everytime. The times that I've spun or gone off...I wasn't expecting it and not using my reference points like I should be.

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Nothing. It'll downshift by itself, similar to when you coast to a stop at street without manually downshifting. It's like DCT does D-mode downshifting even when you're in S mode.
Not sure I understand. I think I would want the clutch to disengage so I don't spin the motor backwards...how would downshifting help?

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Turned in a bit later than usual at this corner (thru the rearview mirror, spent a split second too long admiring the open-wheel formula car behind me)
Similar thing just happened to me...I let a McLaren MP4-12C pass me, and when we approached a corner, I said, "Wow! That air brake is SO COOL!" and then I almost forgot to turn.
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