[DML] Re: Automatic vs. Stick

["bluemax86" <massimot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As much as I still like manuals for sports cars, I have to agree 
that it is a dying breed. I too believe that in the near future 
the "stick shift" will be obsolete. The next best thing will be 
manumatics (paddle shift). Even Formula 1 cars have gone to auto 
gear boxes.

But still in a DeLorean I prefer the 5 speed.

Max
4819

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> 
wrote:
> 
> 
> 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
> 









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