What happened to the manual transmission?
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Originally Posted by gsazabi
We Americans are too lazy to shift on our own!
What're you talking about??!!
Automatic transmissions allow for people to attach their cell phones to their faces with the hand they'd otherwise would have used to shift - Multi-tasking FTW!
...I only wish I were joking.
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I'm glad the Z is available in an auto. I physically cannot drive a standard after my car accident and I dont want that to jeapordize(sp?) me owning a fun car.
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When I got my driver's license back in 1954 they assumed you would take the test on a car with a manual transmission. If you took the test with a car that had one of those new fangled automatics they stamped "automatic" on the license if you passed. You were not allowed to drive a car with a manual transmission. How times have changed.
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The Honda Si, that sporty little Civic, does not come with an automatic. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the infamous RSX did not come with an automatic either.
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To see where we are headed (and "what the future holds"), you only need to look at the what racers are using. Look at the cars running in the Indy 500. Not one of these cars has a clutch pedal. Instead, they all use a shift-paddle located on the steering-wheel-stalk. The "exotics" (Ferrari, Aston Martin, etc.) already have/use this as well. Audi uses this right now.
I hate to see the manual clutch go away, but its demise is a certainty. It will be replaced with paddle-shifting using an auto-clutch (as the racers and exotics are now using). "AT Sport-Shifters" will die a natural death.
How it works: 1st gear and reverse gear behave like AT. Once you are moving, you can set a gear with the paddle. If you manage to select (by clicking the paddle) the "wrong" gear for your engine speed, the car corrects your error putting you into the correct gear.
--Spike
I hate to see the manual clutch go away, but its demise is a certainty. It will be replaced with paddle-shifting using an auto-clutch (as the racers and exotics are now using). "AT Sport-Shifters" will die a natural death.
How it works: 1st gear and reverse gear behave like AT. Once you are moving, you can set a gear with the paddle. If you manage to select (by clicking the paddle) the "wrong" gear for your engine speed, the car corrects your error putting you into the correct gear.
--Spike
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Originally Posted by trains1937
The Honda Si, that sporty little Civic, does not come with an automatic. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the infamous RSX did not come with an automatic either.
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Originally Posted by Spike100
To see where we are headed (and "what the future holds"), you only need to look at the what racers are using. Look at the cars running in the Indy 500. Not one of these cars has a clutch pedal. Instead, they all use a shift-paddle located on the steering-wheel-stalk. The "exotics" (Ferrari, Aston Martin, etc.) already have/use this as well. Audi uses this right now.
I hate to see the manual clutch go away, but its demise is a certainty.
I hate to see the manual clutch go away, but its demise is a certainty.
B/R,
Frederik Dannemare
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I see that even in new cars...seems other than base (cos they have no options), dealers are only ordering AT..... you should see the hassle it is to find an enthusiast in MT right now (at least in FL)..makes you have to settle for base since when you do find one chances are it wont be your color
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Originally Posted by trains1937
Most of you are too young to remember but, back in the 50s, cars got so big that some of the luxury cars with MT had 4 speeds in reverse for easy parking.
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Simple. In this part of the world, manual transmission is considered laborious and unnecessary since convenience rules above everything else. There are countries where automatic transmission-equipped cars have very low resale value as no one wants to buy one. Here, it is the opposite. My friend tried to sell his older 5MT Accord in college; he almost gave up after 5 months.
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yeah, when i went to buy my Z i wanted at least an enthusiast but the only Z they had in manual was the Z i got. out of like ten of them, only one was manual!
and i dont care what anyone says about not knowing how to drive a manual transmission, when i bought my Z, i didn't know how to drive one but i bought it anyway and made my mom drive it home then i learned how to drive it in a couple of days!
so i also agree, the Z should ONLY come in MT. so if you want the Z that bad, and you don't know how to drive a standard, then learn =)
and i dont care what anyone says about not knowing how to drive a manual transmission, when i bought my Z, i didn't know how to drive one but i bought it anyway and made my mom drive it home then i learned how to drive it in a couple of days!
so i also agree, the Z should ONLY come in MT. so if you want the Z that bad, and you don't know how to drive a standard, then learn =)