Posted on 08/04/2018 8:36:27 AM PDT by Kaslin
Banning Automatic Transmissions would go a long way to improving Fuel Economy.
So would making Urban Utopia peeps not be able to own a vehicle.
Banning Automatic Transmissions would go a long way to improving Fuel Economy.”
That is an absurd statement! The automatic transmission, when coupled into the vehicle’s PCM, provides better economy that a manual transmission.
Crazy! Backwards. Transmissions today are likely to be more efficient than manuals. Where do we get these weirdos?
False.
A/Ts have a hydraulic pump that is a parasitic drag.
False.
M/Ts have more efficient power transmission.
If you are talking gear ratios, just adding additional gears will solve the engine operating point efficiency issue.
A/Ts have a hydraulic pump that is a parasitic drag.
A/Ts still have a pump, nicht whar?
Big trucks are heading towards automatics. The cost benefit here is less driver fatigue.
Jamming gears 10 hrs plus everyday is tiring.Makes drivers are comfortable plus alert.
The average age of FReepers is past retirement age. It shows in these kinds of claims based on reality from decades ago. Manual transmissions are a relic except in specialized uses. Dual-clutch with paddle shifters have replaced them for row-your-own, except for nostalgia buffs.
A/Ts still have a pump, nicht whar?
Manual transmissions in cities are VERY inefficient with a lot of wear and tear on the clutch.
You do know there is “parasitic” fluid in the manual trans slowing things down also, don’t you.
Everything has it’s pros and cons...………….
so, then why to achieve better MPG are auto makers ditching manuals? With the crazy standards today why would they do this?
Banning Auto Trans would deprive the market of the best anti-theft system out there.
I’ve never worn out a clutch’s friction material.
Stop/Start is a Yuge benefit in the city.
In the 80’s the Japanese had stop/start m/t vehicles.
Given today’s millennial snowflakes, a m/t is a much better anti-theft device.
A m/t is “too hard” to drive.
Lazy peeps need their comforts.
Hardly anyone wants a m/t anymore, so automakers are shedding them. Try to buy a m/t pickup...
I was always taught that automatic transmissions ate up 35 horsepower from the start.
I have driven both automatics & stick shift vehicles. Got better mileage with the stick shift.
Maybe if people KNEW how to rive a stick shift, they could get better mileage.
M/Ts are more difficult to make to meet emission standards.
Coasting ain’t cheatin’...
Lets put V4 engines on the luxury cars and the large SUV's driven by leading liberals, and then we can talk about the cars that regular people drive.
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