roadpilot
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I can appreciate that, but I wasn't addressing that situation.I am 70, have 4 toy cars, don’t really care if the transmission doesn’t last 200,000 miles. I will be dead before it gets 100,000 miles.
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I can appreciate that, but I wasn't addressing that situation.I am 70, have 4 toy cars, don’t really care if the transmission doesn’t last 200,000 miles. I will be dead before it gets 100,000 miles.
perfectly said man.I've driven manuals ever since I got my learner's permit. Until I was able to purchase my own vehicle, my daily driver was a manual. The first car I bought was a manual. Every vehicle after that was a manual... until I got a 2017 F-150 with the first generation 10 speed. Bought the truck new and drove it for 6.5 (80,000 miles) years until I traded it in for my current Mustang. Yes, automatics have gotten better, but to me, I got tired of the 10 speed skipping gears, the delay in downshifting, and the random clunkiness (this may have been corrected in newer revisions of the transmission). I've driven manuals for 2/3 of my life and 10 gears just seems a lot, but hey, better than a CVT. Lastly, and someone pointed this out as well, in the autos, IMO, it's harder to select the right gear (the computer may or may not know exactly what gear you want) versus a manual, you know exactly what gear you're going in... unless you get too excited and money shift
I also have a 2024 Honda Odyssey that has a 10-speed auto, granted, it's Honda's in house transmission. Even that at times doesn't seem to be 100% certain on what gear to choose. But I will say it's been a lot smoother than the 10-speed auto that was in my F-150.
For you autos out there, I assume if you put the vehicle in sports mode, it doesn't skip gears? At least that's how it was in my F-150. Also, does it auto upshift at red line, or does it let you keep it there?
No car has EVER been designed to do this. No car has been designed to do half of this!So you have an opinion, reality is cars should last 400k miles and twenty years. The six speed stuff does that easy along with the 4 speed stuff. 200k is a walk in the park. 10 speeds by Ford do not make the cut. When they fail they are in fact costly.
Been doing automotive service for most of my life, they all do this, at times rust gets it before 20 years. If that is not your experience, well move your service needs elsewhere.No car has EVER been designed to do this. No car has been designed to do half of this!
There have been cars that manage this but the vast majority don't. If you want that sort of resilience you will need to pay a lot more money for your cars!
4 speed gearbox! Wow 'get me horse'!
Agree in a dragstrip environment automatics are desired, but in that case so are catastrophic repairs.Not my estimate. It's from Consumer Reports. Disagree with them, not me.
P.S. - You have an opinion, too. Wow.
Seems they 'all' don't!Been doing automotive service for most of my life, they all do this, at times rust gets it before 20 years. If that is not your experience, well move your service needs elsewhere.
One major thing the left out of those articles is the numbers are heavily weighed down by accidents resulting in total loss. So more than you think can and will make it to 400k and less than you think are result of mechanical failures.Of course some cars will get to 400k miles and 20 years, but as the data above confirms MOST do not
Theoretically speaking, of course.So more than you think can and will make it to 400k and less than you think are result of mechanical failures.
I think an Uber Limo subscription is cheaper and you can totally space out and do something productive with the time instead.I got the automatic because I wanted Stop & Go with the adaptive cruise control and Active Lane Centering assist.
The tech does not exist. What you see is a VERY weak and incomplete bit of computer vision which is easily overwhelmed and rendered ineffective. Even Tesla with it's dozens of sensors and whatnot is fatally flawed despite being light years ahead of Ford et. al. offerings.and I wanted a car that can drive itself.
I expected responses like this. The tech does exist. I've been in full FSD Teslas that took me from my house to the movies and back w/o touching the car more than a handful of times.I think an Uber Limo subscription is cheaper and you can totally space out and do something productive with the time instead.
The tech does not exist. What you see is a VERY weak and incomplete bit of computer vision which is easily overwhelmed and rendered ineffective. Even Tesla with it's dozens of sensors and whatnot is fatally flawed despite being light years ahead of Ford et. al. offerings.