[DML] Re: Automatic vs. Stick

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you look at the power curves you will see that the turbos match up
much closer with an automatic. An automatic can "shift-on-the-fly" as
opposed to a manual which must be in one gear or another, not like an
automatic which can be in 2 gears at once slipping between. The new
automatics with 5 or 6 gears match up ratios a lot better than the
older 3 speeds. More and more heavy trucks have automatics to reduce
driver fatigue, maintainence, and improve economy. Fork trucks are all
going automatic for ruggedness and reliability. With engine management
systems also controling the shifting of the transmission you see the
computer-controled powertrain. The manual transmission is going to
soon be relegated to the few sport type-racing type cars for the few
die-hards that still know how to step on a clutch. Because of
emissions it will probably be regulated to a very small amount of
production vehicles. A down-shifting manual is very dirty, emissions
speaking. One of the hottest set ups is the Tiptronic in high end cars
like Audi and BMW.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> I took a new Donge Magnum HEMI for a test drive yesterday,
> it has an AUTO 5-speed.
> I can tell you, there is no need for a manual with these new engines
and 
> transmissions.
> This friggin station wagon does 60 in 6 seconds, with almost 400 lbs of 
> torque, and 350 horsepower, the auto can be manually controlled.
> It was Fred Dellis that said that a Turbo AUTO would beat a stick
because it 
> could change
> 








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