FTR, I've owned many manuals, but now I drive and prefer my automatic Lexus. Probably not the most manly vehicle on the road, but who the fuck cares? It's a fucking car/money pit that gets me from point A to point B, not my identity. Anybody who judges a person by the type of car they drive is a complete moron.

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Originally posted by DJ RANN Oh snap. My last sentence confirmed. When exactly was the last time you saw a gearstick or clutch pedal in an F1 or Le Mans car?

I know fuck all about cars or motorsports but I am quite sure they press buttons to switch gears. Wouldn't that technically qualify as being manual? Human interaction is required after all. Just asking

I like the topic title too.

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Is this a fuckin episode of trailer park boys?

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Originally posted by DJ RANN Wow, the ignorance is stunning Rubez. This new fangled double clutch trend was actually developed in the early 70's and used extensively on trucks/lorries for years now. The reason things like this are now becoming popular is that as engine technology becomes more and more efficient, the need for manual transmission is being heavily negated; auto transmissions are no longer these inefficient, petrol killing wasteboxes - they're now the efficient option, with as I said before, up to 9 speeds, double clutches even constant variable transmissions are the most fuel efficient thing out there. It's "trickling down to run around cars" because to the average person, fuel efficiency is a big deal, and now manuals are not as fuel efficient as other transmissions. It's not a trend for some arms race low - it's supply and demand. People want more fuel efficient cars so manuals are dying. get used to it. You're talking rubbish about it "putting another obstacle" in the way of driving - it's one less thing to do, and let's remember that all decent auto's allow you do select the gear you're in. This is standard on Audi, Merc, BMW, VW, Porsche, Lexus, Subaru etc etc etc. I'm beginning to realize you haven't driven a recent mid or luxury or sportscar, and you're just hanging on to outdated assumptions. Oh snap. My last sentence confirmed. When exactly was the last time you saw a gearstick or clutch pedal in an F1 or Le Mans car?

if fuel efficiency was paramount, you wouldn't see all these big-engined gas guzzlers around, the big mercs, bmws, audi etc. and i think you'll find autos are more efficient on average due to the average person not using a manual box in the most efficient way and over revving it. hell a new feature i've seen is your dashboard lights up when you are supposed to change gear - pathetic!

for most people a car is an A to B thing. so you may as well remove that obstacle... i think the new google car that drives itself may tickle your fancy. but for us drivers, a manual box is the only way to go.

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Originally posted by rubez if fuel efficiency was paramount, you wouldn't see all these big-engined gas guzzlers around, the big mercs, bmws, audi etc. and i think you'll find autos are more efficient on average due to the average person not using a manual box in the most efficient way and over revving it. hell a new feature i've seen is your dashboard lights up when you are supposed to change gear - pathetic! for most people a car is an A to B thing. so you may as well remove that obstacle... i think the new google car that drives itself may tickle your fancy. but for us drivers, a manual box is the only way to go.

Again, what the fuck are you on about? Between the various global, regional and national enviromental agencies, there has never been more pressure on car manufacturers to increase fuel economy, and the bigger the engine, the more pressure.

People buy big engined cars because they like the power and performance, but fuel economy isn't mutually exclusive form that; just look at what's happening with all the new supercars; they're all hybrids now. All the luxury cars are getting more powerful but efficiency doesn't just affect fuel

and no, autos aren't more efficient today because somehow everyone that owns one suddenly can't manage their own gearbox or engine revs. You're just grasping now.

As already mentioned, Autos are more efficient because they have more gears (in some cases they have 9 speed gearboxes, which is twice the resolution of a manual, and therefore much more efficient due to gear selecting based on demand, than you can ever be even if you were the stig), have become more efficient due to double clutch technology (again more efficient than you can manage with a single clutch) and finally autos have got better (through thousands of tiny incremental performance tweaks) at transferring power to the wheels.

I will hate the day that cars drive themselves, and I'll refuse to drive a vintage car that is an auto, but we lost the war on computer controlled, fly by wire cars in the 90's - when you press the accelerator in a modern car, it's not pulling a cable that opens a carburetor; it's a sensor which signal a computer to allow the digitally controlled injectors to release more fuel.

I'm saying you're living on myths that just don't hold any weight today. I spent more of my summer holiday last year driving an 1964 Austin Healey in the alps. That's a 3000cc truck engine with dual carbs and overdrive manual transmission in a tiny body. I love to drive manual when it matters, but I'm not dumb enough to think that manuals rule modern car technology because once upon a time they were more fuel efficient. Drive it because you like it. Ever other reason is fantasy.

This may well be the best thread ever.

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Originally posted by deegee This may well be the best thread ever.

I couldn't let this kind of vitriol go astray, hence the thread title change.

Let's not let this become a normal thing though, mmkay?

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Originally posted by DJ RANN I will hate the day that cars drive themselves

You know, I actually have no problem with that. I don't particularily enjoy driving and if I don't have to do that, all the better.

Plus I can get wasted without having to think who's going to drive the car home.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Plus I can get wasted without having to think who's going to drive the car home.

+1

Also, that's always a good time for a trip to McDonald's.

The carbonated corn syrup of my favorite soda slopping into my liquor-scented esophagus is like succulent nectar from Heaven.

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Originally posted by McDonaldsBoy The carbonated corn syrup of my favorite soda slopping into my liquor-scented esophagus is like succulent nectar from Heaven.

Poetry.