As such, it's a lot like driving a manual transmission stuck in second gear and using engine braking to slow down.

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It is true that an appreciation might modestly and temporarily slow China's growth as the economy changes gear but, since China's exports contain lots of imported inputs, it is hard to see even a double-digit yuan appreciation sending exports into a tail-spin.

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But on some older sections of track in Germany they slow to a crawl, and they must carry seven boxes of expensive signalling gear.

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As in auto mode, in the manual setting you can adjust the quickness of shifts, from slow and smooth to so fast no human being could emulate the blinding-blur gear changes.

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Then I slipped into gear, released the hand brake, and pulled away, leaving him there in the slow, dark sleet.

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The five-speed manual is easy to use, if a bit slow, but then again, the old Jag motor is so torquey that you can leave the car in third gear for most jobs, and the brakes stop with the kind of easy retardation that speaks of modern discs and light weight.

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