For example, a car driving uphill requires a different gear configuration than a car driving on a flat road. Manual and automatic car transmissions each have advantages and disadvantages, and the car transmission that's best for you depends on your style of driving.
Automatic cars typically have simple shifters that let you alternate between four driving modes: park, reverse, neutral, and drive, in that order. Many automatic shifters sometimes allow you to shift gears to handle specific driving conditions. Manual transmission cars, also known as stick shifts, are different.
They tend to feature shifters with five to seven forward speed gears, plus reverse gear. The gears are numbered, with higher numbers corresponding to a greater distance traveled per engine revolution.
In addition to a more complicated shifter, manual transmission vehicles have a clutch pedal. The clutch pedal, which sits to the left of the acceleration and brake pedals, allows the driver to engage the vehicle's clutch plate to control the vehicle's speed. To drive, you hold down the clutch pedal while starting the engine, then gradually ease off it while pushing the accelerator.
You also hold down the clutch pedal with your foot off the gas pedal when shifting gears. Automatic cars are the most popular new cars in America, mainly due to how much simpler they are to drive.
Because automatics lack clutch pedals, many new drivers see them as having easier learning curves and requiring less maintenance. Driving through hilly areas in automatic cars is also easier, as you don't have to switch gears each time the steepness of the road changes. In particular, accelerating from a dead stop on a steep climb is less tricky in automatic cars because there's almost no chance of the car stalling.
There's also little to no risk of the vehicle rolling backward once you engage the gears to move forward. Stalling isn't a problem in automatic cars unless there's a mechanical failure.
You have the benefit of being able to drive and really enjoy the vehicle without any hassle. Manuals are, as the name implies, manually controlled transmissions.
This also means that should the driver not be experienced, they could be doing more bad than good. Meaning they could be causing damage or require more maintenance overall.
Well… maybe. Traditionally, manuals are known to be more fuel efficient. Some also say that manual cars tend to be safer as well, as the driver is more engaged with the vehicle, requiring more concentration.
This in turn means less idle time for the brain to become distracted. The only thing you need to know is that transmissions, irrespective of type, will likely require maintenance at some point. With that, manual transmissions tend to be more bare bones and so are less complicated to repair or maintain.
The subject of manual transmission vs automatic transmission is always going to be subjective. Little to do with the car and more about the driving. What type of drive do you want? If you live in an urban area and spend long periods of time on straight roads amid heavy traffic, then a manual car might not be the best choice for you.
An automatic car could make a daily commute like this much more bearable. Some drivers just want more control. If you learnt how to drive on a manual and then switch to an automatic you will know that the feeling is strange. The issue of budget needs to be reiterated too. Automatic cars are definitely more expensive to buy, more expensive to fix and more expensive to insure.
But they are easier and have their benefits too. Before making a decision to buy a manual or automatic car then really look at your driving needs and at least try out the two different types in order to get a sense of how they feel.
More and more people are choosing automatics. That plus the fact that the manufacturers can program an automatic to do better in the EPA fuel economy testing, means there is less and less incentive for manufacturers to produce manuals.
Another issue is the emissions. While they can get a manual to pass the emissions test, it is yet another expense. And having driven a Focus with a manual, the electronic throttle is kind of annoying. After doing some research on it, it turns out that the electronic throttle has a lag when you let off the gas to keep emissions down. In the car that I owned, it meant that I had to adjust my shifting to slow it down a touch so the engines RPMs would drop enough so I could shift smoothly.
Not huge, but it was kind of annoying. Even with all that, I still prefer a manual. I take pride in the ability to drive one, and drive it smoothly. I will say that it may take me a bit to get used to that particular car, since each has a different feel, but I can drive it.
Unfortunately it seems my preference for manuals is in the minority, and it means that when I want to teach my kids how to drive a stick, the most difficult part may be finding a stick for them to drive. Pingback: Manual transmissions - themusclecarguy. I love the now niche nostalgia of driving a standard. I hate how the engine bay is crammed with the block and tranny and makes for clutch replacement really laborious. On RWD, all u gotta do is remove the driveline and undo ur bellhousing.
Ample room to pull back the tranny and not have to wrestle with inches in between like FWD. The concept of FWD is not employed but much if any of the Europeans. I 4got to indicate the mid to upper echelons of the Euroxitics. For the cost of those, they need to justify it by not trimming the corners.
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