Automatic cars?

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Originally Posted by Dentafrice

You don't really override anything.. you basically give the engine an idea of when you want to shift.

Yeah you can shift up real fast from first to third.. but your engine is not going to actually put the shift into effect until the RPMs reach the necessary range.

That's why with AutoStick, your shifts are usually delayed a few seconds. :P

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Yeah, they are defiantly delayed!

I mean it depends on what you are driving.

My buddy's 08 crossfire has maybe a 3 second delay? depends on what your RPMs are at.

And if he tries to rev it past 6300 in autostick in 1st gear.. it automatically shifts.

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Originally Posted by Dentafrice

I mean it depends on what you are driving.

My buddy's 08 crossfire has maybe a 3 second delay? depends on what your RPMs are at.

And if he tries to rev it past 6300 in autostick in 1st gear.. it automatically shifts.

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I'm not a fan of the Autostick, my friend Jenn, her parents had a pacifica and it was so pointless!

I drive a manual car my car is a 1.4 so its always fun on the motorway to experiment with gears and stuff to see if I can keep up with more powerful super cars (of course I always fail).

My dad however has an car that can switch between manual or automatic and I don't think he ever uses manuel he has told me its if anything more for his convience as he has to drive large distances for work so finds it more relaxing when he's caught in traffic to just use automatic.

That's why with AutoStick, your shifts are usually delayed a few seconds. :P[/QUOTE]
I've driven a automatic and I didn't find anything wrong with it. I didn't feel any of this 'had no control'. I just put it into Drive and begun. I always just put it in Neutral down hills or when I have speed if I needed too and tbh it was easier to drink my coffee and drive with a automatic.

Why put it in neutral down hills, an automatic transmission has a Torque Converter, just for that purpose.. it does it by itself.. that's why it's called an automatic.

You don't need to put it in neutral for that .

My moms S550 is a 7-speed automatic, that thing has NO problem keeping up on the highway!

I wish the Honda was a manual somedays, especially in the winter but I'm lazy so the automatic is what I really should have!

i only know one person with an auto, my grandad. They're just really uncommon here, everyone I know learns with a manual.

With a manual license you can drive both automatics and manual cars. With an automatic license, you can only drive manuals :) Automatic cars seemed to be used by the middle aged to elderly load of people in the United Kingdom, though it might change in different areas.

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

With a manual license you can drive both automatics and manual cars. With an automatic license, you can only drive manuals :) Automatic cars seemed to be used by the middle aged to elderly load of people in the United Kingdom, though it might change in different areas.

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I think you got too carried away with 'manual' :P