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Originally Posted by svxfiles
Well said Jerry. 
The differance between getting up to speed and mantaining speed is easy to understand.
Take your 3580# SVX, and start pushing it on smooth level ground.
Once its moving you can run with it with relative ease, but getting started generates more heat, sweat, and colorful language. 
The wear in transmissions comes from starting out, not light throttle cruising.
Taller tires make it harder to get the car up to speed.
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What is stated could be very well be applied to the torque converter as a separate item.
However overall, wear is the issue over a distance travelled, and load on the transmission (torque) is the issue at start up.