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The manual transmission may well be the best theft control device on the market. But aren’t even so-called manuals actual drive by wire?
by User23 4y ago
The manual transmission may well be the best theft control device on the market.
But aren’t even so-called manuals actual drive by wire?
- Vecr 4y agoI think there is a mechanical linkage in almost all manual cars. For the steering there absolutely is, almost no cars are actually drive-by-wire in that sense. You probably won't be able to do anything with the car with no power though, because everything has electrically actuated mechanical lockouts, and the engine won't work because it uses an ECU.
- BenjiWiebe 4y agoIn my 2003 manual you can reach under the hood, grab the lever on the transmission, and move the shift lever inside that way. Purely mechanical. Afaik, the computer doesn't even know what gear you are in (I don't think it even senses neutral.)