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TIL most car in my country doesn't make any sense :P
by bananamerica 4y ago
TIL most car in my country doesn't make any sense :P
- IgorPartola 4y agoLike it or not, it is true. As reliability and performance of automatics gets better and the gas mileage is now also on par and the cost to produce an automatic is reduced by economies of scale, manual transmissions are going by way of horse and buggies. It’s not everywhere but it will be. Also consider that EVs have different requirements for their transmissions than ICE vehicles and there are no EVs with manual transmissions as far as I know at all.
- julianwachholz 4y agoFor your interest: Brammo made the Empulse R, a fully electric motorcycle with a six-speed manual transmission. https://www.wired.com/2012/08/brammo-empulse-r/ https://www.wired.com/2012/08/brammo-empulse-r/
- IgorPartola 4y agoThat is indeed pretty cool. I don’t think that it’s impossible to have a manual transmissions with an EV by any means. Just that most don’t see to include it. I really enjoy shifting gears on my bike. But if motorcycles didn’t come with manual transmissions I don’t think it would be the worst thing.
- Brian_K_White 4y agoBut a manual is fun to operate. If all you care about is transportation, take the bus. You have confused personal preference with universal truth. And aside from that, the difference is complexity and reliability is still a fact. "Like it or not"
- IgorPartola 4y agoWhat manufactures do has little to do with what you consider fun.
- bananamerica 4y agoManual is fun to operate hen the roads are clear, well designed and maintained. If you're in heavy traffic in crazy third world roads like I usually am, not so much.
- Brian_K_White 4y agoExcuse me, but I think I and I alone am the principle and indeed sole authority on what I enjoy. I drive my manuals daily in all kinds of traffic and weather. I live in NJ where neither the weather nor the traffic nor the roads are ideal. On the worst day, on the worst road, in the worst traffic, I still prefer to operate my vehicle rather than be carried by it. It's primarily a feeling of being involved and engaged in the activity. I don't try to tell you that you must therefor also prefer that. Are we understaning my point yet?
- bananamerica 4y agoHello friend, how are you feeling today? Hope you're awesome! Have a lovely day!
- IgorPartola 4y agoWait so you manually control the timing advance and the AFR in your car too? Because otherwise are you really even driving? Are we understaning my point yet?
- Brian_K_White 4y ago"Are we understaning my point yet?" You don't have one, merely some idiotic hyperbole.
- IgorPartola 4y agoHey! You figured out how you sound, just took you a minute! Great job.
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- bananamerica 4y agoI do agree, but the third world is on a 20 year time delay. So it'll take a while for everything that you're saying to become true where I am.
- IgorPartola 4y agoAs someone who grew up in a country like that I don’t disagree at all. But also automatics of 20 years ago were pretty decent and ones from 10 years ago are great.
- pmontra 4y agoI think manual is safer on mountain roads (automatic is scary there) and possibly for 4WD. I drove an EV only in city roads (a car sharing company) and it had great acceleration and it was silent at traffic lights. No gears, of course.