I play volleyball a lot and I see a lot of people spraining their ankles. That's my one worry, having my ankle sprained and not being able to drive the car. I don't have a back up plan in case that happens. I just have to hope its not my clutch ankle.
It is actually. Because when I have an automatic, I don't know where I am. Let's take a small second to think about this. Among making sure everything is on, I have to make sure I have a clean way to get out on an incline. So among shifting, me checking to make sure I'm in R, checking to make sure I'm clear, I must have somehow shifted past or mistaken the D for R by the quick glance.
With a manual, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. I know EXACTLY where I am when I shift. I know where R has been in all my cars.
No, it is not. You are the operator of the vehicle. It is an inanimate object. You are completely responsible for the movements of the vehicle.
So if an automatic starts mis-shifting/not-shifting, that is your fault as well? Get out of here, that is empty logic. The point being that I know where I am with a manual, don't with an automatic. Common sense.
Great, another inattentive commuter sitting in an appliance. I bet texting is easier too, without having to take your hands off the touchscreen now and again to shift. :twisted:
So if an automatic starts mis-shifting/not-shifting, that is your fault as well? Get out of here, that is empty logic. The point being that I know where I am with a manual, don't with an automatic. Common sense.
If the automatic transmission suffers a hardware failure and goes into incorrect gears, that is not your fault, but that is not the case of your story. You are responsible for being aware of where you placed the shifter. It clearly sets the shifter into each gear, and there is a display in the gauge cluster. Again, it is 100% your fault.
So if an automatic starts mis-shifting/not-shifting, that is your fault as well? Get out of here, that is empty logic. The point being that I know where I am with a manual, don't with an automatic. Common sense.
Reverse in my car is right next to first. You have to push down on the shifter to put it into reverse. I have put it in reverse instead of first before. It's not that hard to do. I would rather have my reverse next to my 6th gear like my G35 did. I never mistook forward for reverse in that car.
In all my 5-speeds it has been to the right and down. (Standard pattern I'm assuming).
In all my 5-speeds it has been to the right and down. (Standard pattern I'm assuming).
German cars tend to have the push down and to the left pattern (except for 190e 16v that has it where 1st usually is), asian cars that i've had had the R on far right.
Mine is also left of first (6-speed). In my last car, which was a 5-speed, it was underneath 5th.mine is left of first
We've come to a point where the 6 spd manual has become obsolete because of technology. 6spd and 7spd auto's are as fast or .1 tick slower then there manual counterparts so really whats the point of doing all the work anymore?
Because it's more fun.
I play volleyball a lot and I see a lot of people spraining their ankles. That's my one worry, having my ankle sprained and not being able to drive the car. I don't have a back up plan in case that happens. I just have to hope its not my clutch ankle.
I wonder how we compare against other countries (particularly in Europe and Asia).