Manual Shifting, A Dying Technology

[jpmck03]

Originally Posted by Altitude

It does. How many of us have reached for the non-existent stick or tried to stomp on the non-existent clutch pedal when entering an automatic?

Happens anytime I have to use my wife's Jetta.

[IllusionX]

Originally Posted by Altitude

It does. How many of us have reached for the non-existent stick or tried to stomp on the non-existent clutch pedal when entering an automatic?

always...!!

[RedHatch08]

Originally Posted by Altitude

It does. How many of us have reached for the non-existent stick or tried to stomp on the non-existent clutch pedal when entering an automatic?

Yup. Done that.

[IllusionX]

btw.... i drive a smart for work. That thing has a 6 speed automatic manual transmission..
ie, a real automated clutch and a real... automated manual transmission.
it doesn't feel bad to drive. it shifts when it hits past redline, so it's possible to keep it at the redline for a long time.

perhaps feels like a 40hp Ferrari. lol

[tomato]

Originally Posted by IllusionX

btw.... i drive a smart for work. That thing has a 6 speed automatic manual transmission..
ie, a real automated clutch and a real... automated manual transmission.
it doesn't feel bad to drive. it shifts when it hits past redline, so it's possible to keep it at the redline for a long time.

perhaps feels like a 40hp Ferrari. lol

I don't think so

[Rain]

I'm hoping they're still around by the time I save up for a new car.. I want my next one to be manual :D

[IllusionX]

tomato: lol it's the first model too... so turbo diesel.. i love spooling that turbine.. starting at 1800rpm :P

[IllusionX]

Originally Posted by PK198105

redline at 3300?

i think it's around 3500rpm..

off topic, but i don't know if you ever seen those double length bus (the 45 that goes from downtown to Brossard) When i was younger, i used to sit up front, watching the cluster.

that thing reved from 500 to 1200rpm and had a 2000rpm redline.

[talnlnky]

When you can push start an automatic.... and you can shift it just like a manual, without any lag... then i'll consider an automatic.

My first car was an 86jeep, I decided my 2nd would be an auto (mazda 626), and after driving the mazda for a year I decided I would never buy a manual again because it's annoying on hills, and when you want to drive sporty, and more importantly, it was too easy to fall asleep at the wheel. It was hard for me to stay awake in that car. Something about having to moving two feet and the stick keeps a driver awake.

[CtrlAltDefeat]

Originally Posted by talnlnky

When you can push start an automatic.... and you can shift it just like a manual, without any lag... then i'll consider an automatic.

My first car was an 86jeep, I decided my 2nd would be an auto (mazda 626), and after driving the mazda for a year I decided I would never buy a manual again because it's annoying on hills, and when you want to drive sporty, and more importantly, it was too easy to fall asleep at the wheel. It was hard for me to stay awake in that car. Something about having to moving two feet and the stick keeps a driver awake.

I push started my automatic geo metro once... put it in N then slammed it into L once it got a little speed. Worked pretty great, except for the issues getting it up to speed in the parking lot I was in...

As far as MT keeping me awake, I'm not sure there is much of a difference... on the highway, you don't have to shift and in stop and go traffic, if having to stop and accelerate isn't enough to keep you awake, I don't think adding the shifting into it helps much.