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Old 05-19-2015, 10:12 AM   #134
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Originally Posted by Raven87 View Post
Do you have a link to that article? Apparently most other companies (Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini, etc) do not subscribe to that train of thought.
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/..._track_retest/

"That said, Corvette chief engineer Tadge Juechter recently told Corvette fans the automatic transmission runs hotter and will go into a preservation mode sooner, so he recommends the manual for serious track duty or when the ambient temperature at the track is above 86 degrees. The high ambient temperature on our test day was 70 degrees."
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