Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.10 $; site uicsl Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!segre From: segre@uicsl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: Re: Continuous Transmission Message-ID: <194900001@uicsl> Date: Fri, 8-Nov-85 10:20:00 EST Article-I.D.: uicsl.194900001 Posted: Fri Nov 8 10:20:00 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 10:07:45 EST References: <10878@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Lines: 16 Nf-ID: #R:ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU:10878:uicsl:194900001:000:607 Nf-From: uicsl.UUCP!segre Nov 8 09:20:00 1985 When I was living in Italy (80-81) I seem to recall that Fiat was road testing a bunch of Ritmos (Stradas in the US) with this kind of transmission. They gave them to taxi drivers to see how they held up under tough conditions. I don't think this is anything new, as some other (older) European cars* used to have this kind of transmission - the problem was the belts would break rather easily. The newer Fiats had steel belts which weren't supposed to break. Alberto Segre Coordinated Science Lab Univ. of Illinois @ Urbana * I think it was some Dutch manufacturer - is it DAP or something like that?