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re: CNN column: Opinion: The long overdue death of the stick shift car
Posted on 3/28/24 at 10:30 am to Gaston
Posted on 3/28/24 at 10:30 am to Gaston
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How TF does your car stop/start without your foot on the clutch? Just lurch forward into the car in front of you?
It does it when my foot has the clutch pushed. I spent yesterday in stop and go traffic on I-95. The engine shuts off when stopped with the clutch in. Let the clutch out and the engine starts up again.
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What happens when you’re in 4th and the car slows for traffic ahead down to say 20 mph? You’re going to have zero torque.
Why would I ever be in fourth gear at 20 mph? That's just shifting up or down to second. I'm going to slow down for traffic on my own, not let the car decide. All that automatic stuff is getting turned off.
This post was edited on 3/28/24 at 10:31 am
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Posted on 3/28/24 at 10:37 am to Saint Alfonzo
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The engine shuts off when stopped with the clutch in. Let the clutch out and the engine starts up again.
What if you accidentally left it in third, put your foot on the clutch and came to a stop…car dies…you release the clutch and it ‘starts’…I mean stalls?
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Why would I ever be in fourth gear at 20 mph?
Because the car slowed down due to traffic. Automated features that require you to shift to not kill the car seems crazy.
My manual has a cool feature that if I’m using cruise i can shift and it stays on. Crazy when you downshift, but a cool feature when passing…it’ll settle right back down to my cruise speed.
This post was edited on 3/28/24 at 10:40 am
Posted on 3/28/24 at 12:43 pm to Saint Alfonzo
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It does it when my foot has the clutch pushed. I spent yesterday in stop and go traffic on I-95. The engine shuts off when stopped with the clutch in. Let the clutch out and the engine starts up again.
Eh...I think it's the opposite.
Engine will auto shut off when the car is stopped with the clutch out (obviously in neutral). Engine turns back on once the clutch is depressed. This is how auto off/on works in my manual.
If the engine didn't start til you let the clutch out you'd stall every time. You can't let the clutch out in gear with the engine off and expect anything to happen (other than a stall).
ETA - And to be clear, I'm talking clutch pedal in/out. Not taking clutch in/out of gear. Thought that's what you were going for when you said "it does it when my foot has the clutch pushed"
This post was edited on 3/28/24 at 1:05 pm
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