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Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by foobarian on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @10:26PM (#32588676)
I drove an AT rental with a "manual" mode. The AT kept wanting to sit in high gears, which require a lot of torque at low RPMs, which ended up hitting this funny resonant spot in the car and cause an annoying rumble. I ended up running it in manual mode and lower gears.
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Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by sbaiddn on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @11:20PM (#32589070)
Rental fleets are so bad now, the first thing I do is figure out how to manually operate the tranny. Then Ill downshift 15 seconds before needing the power.

I recently had a car with "10" speeds (it was actually a CVT) and to get any passing power on the highway I had to drop it into 3rd.

Shift shift shift shift shift shift shift and then pathetic engine would scream like nothing Ive heard before.

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