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TfL to possibly buy 200 extra New Bus for London
On 26/10/2014 11:32, Recliner wrote: On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 05:07:58 -0600, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote: Recliner wrote: It's only a matter of time before all cars are automatics: with more ratios, they're more fuel efficient and perform better than manual transmissions. In fact, many high performance and almost all Eco cars are now auto-only. The manual gearbox is going the way of the manual choke, carburettor, starting handle, etc. It's almost 30 years since I switched to automatics, and I wouldn't dream of going back. Finding a US rental car with a manual transmission in the US is near impossible outside of certain specialist vehicles. This also reflects the private vehicle market as even cars offered with supposed "manual" transmissions are really automatics with paddle shift switches. Isn't it still possible to buy at least some sporty cars with traditional stick shifts in the US? But, certainly, the mainstream and rental markets abandoned the stick shift a long time ago. I wonder how many American drivers would be able to use a clutch pedal? In the UK, it seems to be quite different and I'm not sure why. Autos are usually more expensive, and traditionally had higher fuel consumption. As cars and fuel are already much more expensive in the UK than the US, I suppose this is a significant factor with the small cars that are more popular here than in the US. But with the pressure for cleaner, more economical cars, auto transmissions will become the norm here, too, as computers can control the (larger number of) ratios better. The issue highlighted upthread of the potentially astronomical cost of fixing an automatic if it goes wrong is also a consideration. |
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