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Can you drive a manual transmission? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by raptir@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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And where are you from? And how old? Not "do you" but just if you know how.

I'm in the US, mid 30s and can (and do) drive a manual transmission.

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[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

honestly i don't understand what makes them better for racing. can the auto not be tuned differently to prioritize speed and acceleration over fuel efficiency?

[–] TheWeirdestCunt@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Automatic gearboxes can’t predict the road ahead, they can only react to the current RPM and speed.

Edit: just realised this posted on a completely different comment to the one I was replying to

[–] PixelOfLife@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It's not just about speed and acceleration. It's also about control. Racing drivers face an infinite number of different conditions out on the track and it would be impossible to tune the transmission in such a way that it does exactly what the driver wants 100% of the time. And it really has to be perfect. 99.9% isn't good enough because the other 0.1% can wreck the car if it does something unexpected while driving at the limit.

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Modern, high end race cars are automatics. Low end or lighter cars will be manual.

[–] PixelOfLife@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Modern, high end race cars are automatics.

No, they're sequential manuals. Unless you're talking about drag racing, where automatics are common.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay that makes some sense to me.

Follow-up question: why don't modern commuter cars use the paddle shifters? Why keep the cumbersome clutch-and-stick system?

[–] PixelOfLife@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It's cheap and reliable.