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Originally Posted by Johnny Horsepower
More examples of blurring the line between manual and what I (though not many others) would call semi-auto.
And I wonder what driving technology will do in the future. Someone mentioned "I, Robot" (Will Smith film) the other day, where he was considered crazy for driving his car "manually," meaning with his hands on the wheel and foot on the pedal (didn't notice if there was a clutch). Although I drive an AT, I do lament the loss of manual control in the future.
Is there a point at which there are too many gears for a manual transmission, at least without skipping gears?
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Not in my lifetime (which isn't that much longer I am sure) but in the foreseeable future cars will either be self driving or electric with no tranny (or both) anyway. It is closer than people seem to believe.
Although pushed as a performance feature a large number of gears has much more to do with economy and emissions. By having a bunch of gears the manufactures can have bigger engines but still meet their reduction requirements. Some of the fastest cars I drove were 3 or 4 speeds.
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Originally Posted by Jordanwolf
AT was a luxury feature as I understand it. Hence why some of the older generations of people call MT "Standard".
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Yep. I still call it standard all the time. It takes and actual conscious act for me not to write it here just to have a bunch of youngin's go "Huh?"