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| Topic | Do you know how to drive a STICK SHIFT...Cause only 18% of AMERICANS do!!! |
| adjl 07/01/20 2:53:05 PM #51: | SunWuKung420 posted... All Nascars are manual because letting a computer control the shifting at that speeds is ludicrous. What works best for Nascar has very little to do with what works best for everyday drivers. SunWuKung420 posted... But let's look at my first Google hit for regular cars:LinkPizza posted... I found an article that talks about that, as well. You'll find conflicting information out there depending on which specific models the article is looking at. The bottom line is that neither is necessarily better if you look at the big picture because it depends a lot on the specific transmissions involved. Some models have more efficient automatic versions, some have less, so making blanket statements is foolish. This is also a relatively recent shift (pun not intended), so an article from 2014 (updated in 2020, but the specific updates are not indicated) may not be the most reliable source, Sunny. SunWuKung420 posted... Manual transmissions give drivers greater control over the vehicle. Duh. That's inherent in the definition of "automatic." As such, that's a semantically null statement. If you want it to have value, you need to explain more concretely why greater control is actually an advantage (and not a vague "you can anticipate conditions and shift preemptively" without talking about what said conditions might be). --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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