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Old 06-24-2020, 10:12 AM
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Default Motoman’s review of 718 Spyder- a Baby Speedster
Enjoy another positive review of the Spyder.

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Agree - unique reviewer.
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Agree - unique reviewer.
Yeah, and a unique way of shifting.
He worked the gear box like it hadn’t been synchronized.
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Yeah, and a unique way of shifting.
He worked the gear box like it hadn’t been synchronized.
how painful is *that* .... "grandpa tests the 718 Spyder" ... "these new fangled gearboxes with their synchromesh - it will never catch on!"
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I think that it was an interesting angle, I enjoyed it... thanks for sharing!
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Originally Posted by erbo73
Yeah, and a unique way of shifting.
He worked the gear box like it hadn’t been synchronized.
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how painful is *that* .... "grandpa tests the 718 Spyder" ... "these new fangled gearboxes with their synchromesh - it will never catch on!"
Yeah, that double clutching was bugging the hell out of me. Made the review almost unwatchable.
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Yeah, that double clutching was bugging the hell out of me. Made the review almost unwatchable.
sadly me2 ... my OCD kicked in ... and I could not take my eyes off of every pause in shifts ... I for one did not realize that the Spyder gearbox was devoid of synchros ...

I wonder if he also double de-clutched as well as "the pause" ...
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Originally Posted by Larry Cable
sadly me2 ... my OCD kicked in ... and I could not take my eyes off of every pause in shifts ... I for one did not realize that the Spyder gearbox was devoid of synchros ...

I wonder if he also double de-clutched as well as "the pause" ...
Maybe it was remnants of his accident from being run over by a Tesla.
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