Every car has a clutch. Not all of them are manual.
Most automatics use a torque converter instead of a clutch.
Torque converters (at least nowadays) have a clutch
My HEV Corolla does not
What is this, some kind of poll to get the average age of Lemmy?
I remember when it was absurd to pay $10 for a banana.
It’s a good way to get answers to Password Recovery questions that people forgot they used when signing up to some website or email service 15 years ago but are still active on
Right. Most of you are from the US. Argentinian here, everybody drives manual. I even wanted to buy an automatic last time but my mechanic was like " Don’t even look at it. There is none in this city who can fix those. It might be a great value, but if it breaks, its done for"
99% of people in my country…
Most people not in the US. We just call it ‘driving’
It’s slowly starting to become a lost art though, there’s definitely more and more automatics around, starting with all electric cars.
Still do.
Me too, I like having full control of the car. Plus it’s fun to go down slopes in neutral. Wheeeeeee
Yeah, don’t do that.
What? Why not?
Because you’re not in full control of the car, which makes the comment I replied to rather ironic.
You get a bit of engine braking when you keep it in gear, which reduces wear on the brakes. Modern engines use basically zero fuel when they’re under compression, whereas an idling engine uses some fuel. On loose or wet surfaces especially, you’re also less likely to lock up the brakes and get into a skid. To name a few reasons.
Thanks for the info, I really didn’t know that, I used to do it because I intuited I’d save more gas by doing so, especially because I see the RPM hand go down when I’m not in gear. But I now I know that’s completely unrelated because as you say, the engine still spins, but it’s not using fuel. I just watched a couple of videos explaining in more detail. Thanks!
Happy to help. Driving a manual properly is kind of my thing.
My grandfather had a rule for his kids, and my mom passed it down to me.
You can’t have a license until you can:
- Check and fill all the vehicle fluids
- Perform an oil change
- Change a tire
- Drive a manual transmission
- Change belts and hoses
I learned on a stick. I even did some learning on my uncle’s beetle with a broken clutch (they were reasonably optional on the OG Bug). And I have not been behind of the wheel of one since. Still glad I learned all that stuff.
Lot of people searching “clutch” right now
if we do our test on a manual we’re allowed to drive automatics too. But not the other way round. So i learned on a manual. I now drive an electric without any gears to switch, much less a clutch (but still have a classic mini too)
That is still the standard way here. Automatic is something we still leave to those for who a gear is too complicated.
Everyone? How else are you going to change gear?
I think a more interesting question would be:
How many people learned to drive in a car with a manual Choke?
Learned on a 2000s era VW Beetle, and then a Mazda B2500 FW/2WD. Last manual I owned was a 2015 Honda Fit. Now both our vehicles are Automatic AWD.
I did get to drive a little 4cyl manual SEAT on holiday in Madeira which was an adventure. 36% grade roads, hairpin turns – like 150cc mario kart around there
Learned it from the beginning. It was my first car. Wanna say it was a late 80s or very early 90s really basic Ford Mustang that my aunt sold to my parents for me to use for like $200 bucks. I loved it, but not even a year later on my way to high school a van flying down the road rear ended me while I was trying to make a left turn waiting for traffic to clear… I haven’t had stick shift since.
Here’s a pic of around what it looked like so you can see it was a very basic car back then or this model was super basic haha.
1979 Datsun 210. Eventually sold the thing for five cartons of cigarettes.
I owned the B-210 Honey Bee. Great car, zippy.
I learned in both because while automatics were the norm, my parents never wanted me stranded in case a manual was my only option. So I learned in an older cute as hell red paint faded it was almost pink Jeep pick up truck with no tailgate.
Looking at photos online, I think it was maybe a 60s era Willie or a Gladiator from the 70s. It was pretty old, but not a classic, when I drove it.
I’ve got a 1978 J10. There’s just something about jeep trucks. Absolutely love em.
I only drove manual and then bought an auto. Had trouble going up steep slopes more than once and came back to manual.
