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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (17 children)

Yeah but petrol cars go brum brum

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I have a proposed solution to this ....

Straight cut gears

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