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I have my ERA on the road 4 years now, 6000 miles. I have driven it from high 90 degree temps down to low teens and never once did I wish it had heated seats.
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Low teens and you didn't want heated seats? What were you wearing? A snow suit? I live in Northern California, have had mine on the road for 6 years and have nearly 30,000 miles on it. I've driven in 110 weather and lows in probably the 20's. I added seat heaters about 3 years ago and it's about the best $100 I ever spent. I use them regularly.
Regarding transmission, I have the Richmond 5 speed with 2.88 gears and I love the gear spacing. First gear is quite useable and I cruise at about 2700 RPMs at about 70-75 MPH. That's actually a great RPM range for the types of cams most of us run. My cam is designed for 2500-6500 rpms. As far as shifting goes, the Richmond is not the best shifting transmission I've ever owned. With the Long shifter, it does take a bit more time than you'd like to get it from gear to gear. Of course, I'm comparing it to an Muncie 4 spd with a short Hearst shifter that I use to have in a Chevelle. I'm guessing non of the TKOs will shift as well as that old 4 spd did. If I had it to do over again, I'd go with the same transmission and gearing.
Chris