In article , Thomas Prufer
writes
On Tue, 29 Mar 2016 22:21:52 +0100, Roger Mills wrote:

Having said that, it's not particularly useful unless you've got an
infinitely variable transmission because fixed gearing will only allow
max power to be applied at the road at a few discrete speeds - not over
the whole speed range.

Well...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variomatic

(Not that DAFs were known for neck-snapping acceleration,
Mine (DAF44 could easily out accelerate my Renault 18 (1.8) over the
first few hundred yards.
or anything other than
going backwards real fast...)

As fast as it could go forwards :-)

Thomas Prufer

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bert