Manual transmission or automatic transmission?
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From my point of view manual transmission is more like an android phone. What do you think?
I do not fear of failure. I fear of giving up out of frustration.
I have been driving Manual transmission cars since I got out of the Navy in 1973 and bought a VW Beetle. My wife's car (I got married then too) has always been an automatic transmission. I currently drive a 2004 Honda Accord V6 Coupe with 178500+ miles on it and it still has the original clutch. Living in New Orleans it is no problem. When I have to drive through Atlanta, however stop and go on the interstate is a MAJOR hassle. Those living in the Atlanta area know what I am talking about. That said, given the choice, I will always buy/drive a car with a manual transmission.
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I have been driving Manual transmission cars since I got out of the Navy in 1973 and bought a VW Beetle. My wife's car (I got married then too) has always been an automatic transmission. I currently drive a 2004 Honda Accord V6 Coupe with 178500+ miles on it and it still has the original clutch. Living in New Orleans it is no problem. When I have to drive through Atlanta, however stop and go on the interstate is a MAJOR hassle. Those living in the Atlanta area know what I am talking about. That said, given the choice, I will always buy/drive a car with a manual transmission.
Old programmers need work and love too...
I only drove manuals from 1963 until 2013. Then my wife decided she needed a Merc. I'm still trying to get used to those silly plastic flappy things on the steering wheel for changing gear. They are not as satisfying as a good solid gear stick.
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
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Auto. Nowadays manual are basically like fax machines, getting redundant. However I'm not a fan of some of these new breed my autos, dual clutch, cvt etc, The car we got for the missus has a dual clutch gearbox and it's a horrible piece of satan blessed sh*t. It's had to be rebuilt by the dealer under warranty. Never touch one of them again. I like the plain old tranditional autos.
My friend came back from Europe. He was stopped at a light in a rental. And the car "stalled"... Later he realized, no, it just shut the engine off to save gas!?!? It came back to life like a golf cart does, he said it took a while to get used to it, but it was different...
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From my point of view manual transmission is more like an android phone. What do you think?
I do not fear of failure. I fear of giving up out of frustration.
My dad tried for a year to teach me to drive a standard in 1971. I have an aspergian level of clumsiness and it came down to I can drive well and pay attention or I can shift gears and hit something. When asked to move a standard my usual mode of operation is: Engage Clutch - Shift Gear - Let clutch out gently while subtly increasing gas - Restart engine after it dies. Repeat until car is moved to where desired by small jerks. People do not ask me twice. Seven years later the military spent two months trying to teach me to drive a standard. I did just fine as long as there were no hills and I was on ice. When summer came I couldn't get the thing to move to save my life. Ended up driving an armored personnel carrier... automatic transmission and I already had the 11-ton license... to carry my computer system in the field, instead of the jeep. Now I am 63. Except for occasional problems with a truck rental company for moving... yes, I want the automatic... I've been stuck with automatics for all those years. You know what? Some folks simply do not have the coordination to drive and shift... and I have a perfect driving record. You are much safer with me on the road, and with me on an automatic. In the same vein, I cannot drive a horse, either. I've tried several times, they buck me off. I can't dribble a basketball, catch a fly ball, or kick a football. But women love me and I can code like the devil himself, from assembler and Fortran to Java and Android aps... I've done several. And thanks to forty years of karate, I can walk without falling over, most of the time. So... some folks NEED automatics. I am very happy for those who are more concerned with their "driving experience" and the feeling of power, control, and masculinity that their operation of a vehicle brings. Me, I just want to get there in one piece.
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From my point of view manual transmission is more like an android phone. What do you think?
I do not fear of failure. I fear of giving up out of frustration.
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"The only people who would buy an old-fashioned gearstick manual are the sort who choose not to have a washing machine because they prefer to clean their clothes in the local river." Jeremy Clarkson
So there you have it.
Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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In the US, very few (I'd guess less than 5%) drivers can drive a stick-shift (manual) car.
Nish Nishant Consultant Software Architect Ganymede Software Solutions LLC www.ganymedesoftwaresolutions.com
Yay for me! Hopefully two of my three vehicles are 'out of scope' for potential car thieves. ;)
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I only drove manuals from 1963 until 2013. Then my wife decided she needed a Merc. I'm still trying to get used to those silly plastic flappy things on the steering wheel for changing gear. They are not as satisfying as a good solid gear stick.
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
I know what you mean. My wife's Acura has the floppy paddles and I just don't bother when I drive her car.
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From my point of view manual transmission is more like an android phone. What do you think?
I do not fear of failure. I fear of giving up out of frustration.
How about no transmission. My electric car is all direct drive. What phone is that one?
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Automatic transmission is for women & Google( I mean for their autonomous cars) :-\
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Hey now.... I have a 74 Nova with a twin-turbo 8.1L big block and a Th400 (3 speed auto) with a manual valve body and B&M Pro ratchet shifter (clicky click). I wouldn't say its for women because it scares the living crap out of my mother-in-law. :laugh:
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If you are not going to decide when to change gears you might as well take the train. :-D (Actually - on a semi serious note - having to change gears does help keep the brain engaged which is a helpful thing for a driver)
My understanding is, people who deal with both automatic and manual have to not to forget changing gear. Since my only concern is manual, changing gear is not annoying option, so far. Also I should mention, I just have started learning, at the age of XX(over 30).
I do not fear of failure. I fear of giving up out of frustration.
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Quote:
"The only people who would buy an old-fashioned gearstick manual are the sort who choose not to have a washing machine because they prefer to clean their clothes in the local river." Jeremy Clarkson
So there you have it.
Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
There was a time people enjoyed Manual transmission(now a days, fewer people enjoy, less than 5%). But the need of easy learning and easy use Automatic transmission got popular. Here is a future that I predict, the demand of self driven car will rapidly increase. At some point people would feel the requirement of having a car that can drop off kids to school and then drive back to school to pick up the kids. or in simple, people will rather enjoy doing something else than bother with driving at all. Government will have to force people from not driving on the road, because voice of people who would love driving by themselves would be weaker than the voice of the rest(Just like now, 95% people in japan and in USA use Automatic, and get surprised when they hear that I am learning Manual). Government will look at road safety differently. This is far fetched. But there will be a time when driving by human will be obsolete. Required driving skill will reach the level of Driving a train. Driving would be job of absolute professional who would do rescue task on the road after accident or off the road special assignment. May be that would be the time, when I will accept this analogy :)
I do not fear of failure. I fear of giving up out of frustration.
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wait are you saying there is another way :confused:
yes, there is: the two-handed-no-clutch-way.
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Manual. However, the new 10-speed automatics coming out have proven to be as good, if not better, than a manual on road courses. The down side is that automatic transmission raises the cost of the car by at least a few thousand dollars, so they're more expensive than their manual trans counterparts. Paddle shifters are gay.
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Paddle shifters are gay.
Heh :-) I guess it gives automatic transmission owners the feeling that they are driving a semi-manual.
Nish Nishant Consultant Software Architect Ganymede Software Solutions LLC www.ganymedesoftwaresolutions.com
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From my point of view manual transmission is more like an android phone. What do you think?
I do not fear of failure. I fear of giving up out of frustration.
I understand people who prefers the manual transmission to feel they control the machine (this discussion is similar to the robotics/handcrafted issue, or the vynil/CD DJs,...). Personally I prefer to put my attention in other things: the environment, the traffic or the route and not to worry in mechanical issues.