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Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by bunderbunder on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @06:36PM (#17964019)
Would adaptive cruise control in stop-and-go traffic work at all with a manual? When the speed of traffic is vacillating between 0 and 30mph, there's never any one gear that you can stay in for long.
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Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by ptaipale on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @05:07AM (#17966719)
It works in highway traffic, it's not unusual in new cars where I live (Finland). Most cars are manual shift, almost all have cruise control, some of the cruise controls are adaptive.

Of course, in city traffic the adaptiveness is not very useful with manual transmission.

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Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by function_seven on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @06:40PM (#17964044)
No, it wouldn't. Technically you could have it adapt within a narrow range of speeds, but it would be annoying, fuel-wasting, and worse than just dealing with the speed yourself.

CC on stick shifts works fine at steady highway speeds over a consistent grade.

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Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by gsnedders on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @07:58PM (#17964499)
Various manufacturers do sell cars with adaptive cruise control in manuals, but obviously it's limited to whatever gear the car is currently in.
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