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Old 09-10-2010, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by tin-man View Post
coosawjack: *aaaaw S*** too late my friend its a a done deal already, so help me understand:

downshifts can be catastrophic...wet or dry!!!::
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Tin-man, to give you a real life example, although not in a cobra....last month I drove to New Hampshire to pick up my car, driving North out of Boston it had recently rained and I was driving on a uphill grade with the cruise control set at 55 mph (1999 F-150 Lightning, supercharged, automatic transmission) the cruise control kicked in to accelerate along with the supercharger, transmission down shifted, and the rear tires broke loose and started spinning!!! Nothing bad happened, did not go into a major fish tail or anything, but I did learn the lesson that I cannot use cruise control in the rain with this truck. I could imagine the same thing happening in a light car like a cobra. Hope this helps....
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