Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transmissions

Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by petercooper on Thursday November 17, 2016 @07:23AM (#12976789)

Slight tangent but my car could fail the test then :) It automatically coasts (yep, engine back to idle and everything) when in it's most economical automatic mode.

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by briankereszturi on Thursday November 17, 2016 @12:51PM (#12979663)

The A45's dual clutch transmission engages in 100ms after touching either the brake or the throttle. Losing control isn't an issue in this case.

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by mbrookes on Thursday November 17, 2016 @08:00AM (#12977034)

Hi Peter - I should have specified that this is for manual shift. What sort of car do you have if you don't mind me asking? (And is it Ruby Red? :) )

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by petercooper on Thursday November 17, 2016 @08:10AM (#12977099)

Haha, yes, that's why I specified it as a tangent. I did think it was a weird feature though as I knew the controversy over coasting :) And yep, a red AMG A45!

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by mbrookes on Thursday November 17, 2016 @09:12AM (#12977558)

Nice!

Apparently Mercedes call it "glide mode" or "gliding mode" depending which bit of marketing you look at. I couldn't find a technical description though (beyond what you already said).

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by petercooper on Thursday November 17, 2016 @10:20AM (#12978158)

I've seen it called "sailing" (and the icon on the dashboard is of a sailboat). See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4N8BlXro9w (see 48 seconds in) - but this could be a language difference between territories.

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