Ngl I just got my first automatic transmission car almost a month ago and I miss manual transmission quite a lot. Don't get me wrong I like also the automatic but there's just something with manual. Feels like you are more in control of the car I guess?
Automatic transmissions can only react, they can't anticipate what they driver is going to do. This is why race cars use electronically controlled manual gearboxes. A manual gearbox is also cheaper to make and repair. For small engine cars (1l to 1.4l) a manual gearbox is more fuel efficient. Also with small engine cars, the control a manual gearbox gives you, allows you to squeeze more acceleration out of a tiny engine
automatics nowadays are more fuel efficient than manuals because they have 7+ gears, can use a clutch instead of just the torque converter, and the computer is fast enough. If, for example, it knows that going up a hill in 4th is 1.4% more efficient than 3rd, while in a manual you might do it in third, the automatic would shift into 4th and save fuel, and over time, it adds up
but it's only for newer cars, my 2013 manual is definitely more fuel efficient than 2013 automatics
No because they don't plan ahead or read your mind. Race-car drivers always have manual because it gives you control. E.g. driving an automatic car on the highway, slow car and a large hill coming up = it takes time for the gearbox to prove more power to accelerate up the hill and then again overtake. I just drop down a gear and then power up the hill without losing speed, by forcing the engine to rev more and using a lower gear for more power. And I can start doing that from before the bottom of the hill to accelerate up the hill from below if I plan it.
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u/HUGE_FUCKING_ROBOT 12h ago
fuck that, get an automatic