My father in law’s name is Manuel, he would find this hilarious.
Sign of the times.
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Just sarcasm. We should all be able to drive one.
Better yet, I think we should all be able to submit a list of topics we don't want discussed..... Then just ban them all.
There are some manuals that's extremely hard to drive.. well mostly drivers that don't maintain their vehicles. I've driven some difficult vehicles but there was a 3 on the tree F150 I couldn't drive when I worked at monkey wards. Killed that thing a few times trying to get it move all while the owner was cussing me out. The manager finally came out and said this is a difficult truck and owner. He nailed the gas and let the clutch and left a rather good burn mark to get it moving. He was told not to bring it back.
I knew many people who had a manual and they pretty much all changed their clutch. Only knew one guy that managed to get a lot of miles out his car without changing the clutch.
Drove a stick for 5 years, car was a Chrysler 2.2 turbo so fun when the boost kicked in. The engine went at one point and I replaced it and did the clutch at the same time, it was almost gone.
Don't see any point to them these days, auto transmissions can last a long time and you have 7-10 speed automatic transmissions that would probably get better gas mileage than a manual if it were even offered.
I learned to drive a stick on a 1950 ford.
Then I had:
1951 Dodge pick up
1953 Chevy pick up
1955 Chevy 2 door
1965 Rambler
1972 Vega
1985 Chevy Citation
All stick shifts
Then I had:
1951 Dodge pick up
1953 Chevy pick up
1955 Chevy 2 door
1965 Rambler
1972 Vega
1985 Chevy Citation
All stick shifts
Let them try and steal this.
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Those Germans!
Not sure I believe it's a necessary skill, I have to know how to drive a Bolt Action because my occupation.....But even that's becoming less of a necessity. Time marches on!
Is this what you mean by bolt action?
You forgot "thick vs thin".
Then they would just have to shut down BITOG.
No sir....I have no idea what that is?, It's just a slang term I picked up as a kid for manual transmissions. We called non-synchro 3-speeds "Crash boxes"....You could always tell when someone didn't know & "crashed" it into gear.
My wife's pretty good with synchronized Bolt Actions.....She wanted to learn our old '39 Buick Special Eight "Crash box" but was a little too much for her. I could understand as that car was a handful if you didn't know how to drive it.....Drum brakes, Bias Ply Balloons, No power steering, Trying to rev-match with a long throw 3 on the tree.
I wanted to Resto-Mod it with a LSx, T-56 6 Speed, Modern suspension & all that.....But it was too nice a car to cut up.
Oh okay got it, I have heard the term crash box. The shifter in the pic was very common on small french cars until the mid 80's. Push, pull and twist it for the different gears.
I’ve done manual swaps to cars that supposedly don’t support a manual transaxle,
The nice thing with a manual is that they are great equalizers, many brands use the same transmission with an adapter and a slightly different bell on completely different vehicle types.
Literally the easiest thing in the world is putting a manual into a non-hybrid as they are just off the shelf and haven’t changed much outside VAG for 3 decades. The infrastructure to build is all there and rotting making final drives and rear ends and could easily be turned on if we desire.
The only reason manual transmission options are disappearing from NA is that it can cost millions to crash certify a manual transmission version of an automatic car.
In areas where this isn’t the case manual transmissions and different motor options can be offered as an option even if demand is extraordinarily low, that is why Europe offers much more customization options for the simple reason they can without being taxed to death by crash test costs, takes a lot of manual transmission sales To pay back The Man, even when all the tooling was paid off 3 decades ago.
Claims of "good riddance" or "the manual is going away" are uniquely American.
I'd argue that because I believe automatics are gaining in popularity all the time.
I'd argue that because I believe automatics are gaining in popularity all the time.
Both my Jeep and truck are manual. Taught my little cousin how to drive the jeep when she was 13.
This morning I had to take a Peterbilt to be repaired. It has a 605 hp Cummins backed by an 18 speed. Don't fret! An 18 is just a 9 with a splitter in each gear.
This morning I had to take a Peterbilt to be repaired. It has a 605 hp Cummins backed by an 18 speed. Don't fret! An 18 is just a 9 with a splitter in each gear.
Lots of manual trans cars are still out there. It's not a macho ego chest-thumping thing and it's not an elitist thing. Standard transmissions were exactly that - standard equipment -- until the last few decades when automatics got a lot better.
Point being, anyone who cannot drive a manual transmission should not be a valet driver. Yes it's that simple, and maybe someone should tell the manager to stop hiring the wrong people. Is there such a thing as "job requirements" anymore or is that gone because of butthurt?
Point being, anyone who cannot drive a manual transmission should not be a valet driver. Yes it's that simple, and maybe someone should tell the manager to stop hiring the wrong people. Is there such a thing as "job requirements" anymore or is that gone because of butthurt?
Vehicle are heavier & more powerful than ever....Leading me to believe some clean sheet designs would be needed. I know/(thought) that's why light duty diesel trucks no longer offer manual transmissions once they eclipsed 650 foot pounds.
I'm trying to think of the trans suitable for a 400 HP/TQ 1/2 ton pick-up with exaugurated tow ratings. The big 3 was using some pretty weak units coupled to weak engines before dropping the option altogether.
I knew they have to emissions certify Manual & Auto separately, Didn't know Crash Testing was the similar.
