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| Thread ID: 111707 | 2010-08-08 07:48:00 | Death to the manual gearbox. | Trev (427) | PC World Chat |
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| 1125666 | 2010-08-09 11:59:00 | I actually disagree with having the more control thing, with auto like you said, any fool can drive one, but it does offer more control then manually changing gears no matter how you put it. I think manuals just make you 'feel' like your more in control or like your more in tune with driving. Yeah nah you're pretty much wrong there aye. Having control over the gears means you have a lot more control over what you want the car to do when you put the pedal down. have they got rid of the automatic only liecences ?? if so thats bloody stupid. As far as I've known, the auto only condition only applies to a restricted license. If you sit your restricted test in an auto, you can only drive autos. When you get your full, you can drive a manual even if you sit both tests in an auto. It's been like this since at least 2002. |
roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 1125667 | 2010-08-09 12:05:00 | Quite right, no automatic gearbox (or synchromesh either) for a year at least, and the first eighteen months should involve crank-handle starting too. Acetylene lamps until you have driven 50,000 KM at night. Heaters not permitted until the third car. All this electric frippery in cars is breeding a nation of wimps. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1125668 | 2010-08-09 12:09:00 | All this electric frippery in cars is breeding a nation of wimps. You'll hate this then; www.youtube.com |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1125669 | 2010-08-09 12:09:00 | Yeah nah I'm not wrong there aye. Doing more work to do the same thing, human error vs machine, I've never seen an auto do the bunny hop, stall, crunch gears etc no matter how you dress it up those things happen. Sure there are mechanical faults but that would be in both types. It also isn't all about just putting your foot down. |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 1125670 | 2010-08-09 12:18:00 | True. I always wondered why rally drivers used auto trannies. Must be because they have more control with them. | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 1125671 | 2010-08-09 12:30:00 | You'll hate this then; www.youtube.com Ahah - one of the long series of Holdens that each introduced something revolutionary (according to the breathless reader of the tripe) in the front suspension. They claimed to have made so many changes to the front end in the ads that they must have had a revision on every second Tuesday. I like the innovative scheme of putting the luggage and the spare wheel in the boot. I wonder if it will catch on? Where do you put the mother in law now? |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1125672 | 2010-08-09 14:37:00 | Where do you put the mother in law now? Somewhere near this; www.youtube.com |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1125673 | 2010-08-09 21:07:00 | Indy 500 I think can be manual and tiptronic. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 1125674 | 2010-08-09 21:37:00 | I originally thought Tiptronic (or similar system) was a gimmick, that's until I drove one. You really can get a lot more out of the car over a standard Auto. I like the direct feel of a manual but I feel Auto's with Tiptronic are a perfect trade off. Auto's are a crap load more robust and efficient than 20 years ago, I think a lot of the old school opinions are still lingering. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 1125675 | 2010-08-09 21:42:00 | Somewhere near this; www.youtube.com :thanks Sod of a washing machine rejected her. I will repeat the test with a top loader. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
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