Posted on 08/12/2022 7:50:05 PM PDT by algore
supposedly you can also do that with an auto, but I never have been able to do it.
or seen it done for that matter, but hope is good if you don’t have AAA ?
“That keeps the driver focused on his job, driving the car.”
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I do believe that too, I’m totally engaged when driving, all the shifting keeps you very aware - and impossible to look at your phone.
Dave Ross is a liberal gasbag.
Manuals have many advantages.
Biggest one is being able to roll start if the battery is dead. Got me home or to where I was going more than a few times.
Coasting down long grades, saves gas and engine rpms.
Downshift when extra grunt is needed.
Upshift earlier if accelerating down hill.
Can help slow car down quickly if your brakess suddenly are weaker than necessary.
If you know how to drive it. Your gas mileage can go way up.
The only thing I don’t like about a standard is having to replace the clutch once and a while.
Most humans in today’s world are to stupid to drive a car,let alone a stick.
The pump on almost all automatic transmissions is driven on the input engine side of the transmission.
No pressure from the pump, the automatic basically stays in neutral.
I have heard that there are some early automatic transmissions where the pump is driven on the output driveshaft side of the transmission.
These could be push-started.
I drove a manual for 35 years (78 - 2013), all in the worst of traffic conditions. Got an automatic in 2013 and never looked back.....LOL!
Most of my cars have been sticks. I would leave it running with the door wide open on occasion hoping someone would try.
My son is a trucker. He just started with a new OTR company and is a bit disappointed that they issued him an automatic Freightliner cab
If you’re really good, you can also drive one while wearing an air boot on your left foot, running up the revs, popping out of gear and as the revs drop, sliding into the next gear.
I got 298,000 miles out of my last clutch
As an automatic transmission engineer for 25 yrs, I knew we won the battle when the US military began speccing only automatics in the mid 80s. They said it wasn’t worth their time teaching recruits how to drive manuals.
Two of my cars are manuals, including the one I intend to let the kids drive as they get their licenses, so they have to learn manual.
I enjoy the engagement of driving with manuals. I didn’t drive a manual until I was 25, but after that I have always owned at least one manual car and as many as three at once.
And driving faster helps the focus. Too slow creates boredom and distraction.
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