Battle of the Transmissions: M/T vs. A/T

[p_borj]

^^^ Nah, I bet you still would've fallen asleep even if it was your M/T car you were driving that time.

I've driven my A/T car from Pampanga to Pagudpud without feeling sleepy, yet when I was driving our family car more than a decade ago, a M/T Mits Galant, I fell asleep at the wheel after 15kms because I was tired.

Bottom line: kondisyon ng katawan.

Come on, kapag M/T mas gising ang mga senses mo. Isipin mo kung nakatulog ka habang nasa 1st gear ka hehe, safer than driving an A/T.

- You need to shift gears (so tinitingnan mo RPM mo hindi yung apak lang and forget the rest)
- Nagtitimpla ka ng clutch (kung tu-tulog-tulog ka edi mamamatayan ka lang)
- Gumagana both hands mo (one on the wheel, one on the gear)

You know A/T guys, kapag walang traffic, masarap mag-drive ng M/T. Kapag traffic naman alam niyo na hehe.

[p_borj]

i bet all vehicles in a year or years to come are all in a/t..
in the 70's only the american made low rider are matic,
in the 80's some japan made cars were into,
in the 90's almost half of the cars are matic....
now in the 2000's, every model have an a/t,
every large suv has an a/t even a big truck nowadays-
isuzu tractor head got an a/t 18speed, i've got one.
sorry na lang ang die hard m/t hindi na makapag drive........
bye bye manual transmission......

geez. Tumingin ka nga bro sa mga Rally, Circuit, Daytona, F1 (gear is at the steering wheel pero manual pa rin) etc racing, siguro alam mo na ibig kong sabihin. Hindi pwedeng mawala ang M/T plain simple, sa racing palang hindi na ito mawawala eh.

Like sir Tidus said, M/T ay hindi mamamatay hehe. Kung mawawala ang M/T like you said, gusto kong makita yung mga bagong model ng Ferrari/Porsche na puro A/T hehe.

[p_borj]

Local taxis won't have A/T. PUJs won't have A/T. 90% of buses won't have A/T. Motorcycles have auto-clutch, but they're still M/T.

Most drivers who grew up driving M/T can also drive A/T, but I'd bet my reputation that most drivers who learned driving on A/T can't drive M/T. Never underestimate the stickshift.

+1. Pero astig din kung may PUJ na A/T hehe. Tapos kapag uphill climbing tapos puno ng sakay yun jeep sunugan ng clutch ng A/T.

Ang A/T ay ginawa for convenience and luxury pero in different cases, hindi pwedeng A/T lang ang matitira.

[roberto_minosa]

geez. Tumingin ka nga bro sa mga Rally, Circuit, Daytona, F1 (gear is at the steering wheel pero manual pa rin) etc racing, siguro alam mo na ibig kong sabihin. Hindi pwedeng mawala ang M/T plain simple, sa racing palang hindi na ito mawawala eh.

Like sir Tidus said, M/T ay hindi mamamatay hehe. Kung mawawala ang M/T like you said, gusto kong makita yung mga bagong model ng Ferrari/Porsche na puro A/T hehe.

Yeah! Try drifting with A/T and let's see what happens...

[oj88]

^ The context of this thread is on daily-driven road cars... not track competition. ;)

[roberto_minosa]

Well, someone was talking about the phasing-out of ALL manual transmissions.

[oj88]

Well, someone was talking about the phasing-out of ALL manual transmissions.

Well, probably not phasing them out... not anytime soon, at least. They may eventually be available only to mid to high performance or exotic cars. As car manufacturers focus more on designing automobiles with ridiculously high fuel economy, the only way for the fuel systems to work to its full potential is to let the car's computer do the shifting. The latest models of hybrid cars only comes in A/T (or CVT).

If that's a sign of things to come, A/T might become the new mainstream in the Philippines in just a few years. At least for passenger cars. But no, M/T will still remain for a long time.

[tidus1203]

NO!!! I still want my M/T. Sometimes I like the feeling of man-machine combo and the rush of shifting gears... That's why some of my cars are A/T some are M/T so depende sa mood...

[roberto_minosa]

I really like how the CVT works. I hope they can improve reliability so it can become mainstream as opposed to the traditional A/T transmission.

Or it may even be too late to develop a new transmission to be coupled with the internal combustion engine.

[dark_akatsuke24]

+1. Pero astig din kung may PUJ na A/T hehe. Tapos kapag uphill climbing tapos puno ng sakay yun jeep sunugan ng clutch ng A/T.

Ang A/T ay ginawa for convenience and luxury pero in different cases, hindi pwedeng A/T lang ang matitira.

yeah your right...especially if your goin uphill..bye2x to those A/T..eat my dust........