Topic: Does stick shift cars better than the new automatic ones? (Read 24 times)
I much prefer my automatic, I’m lazy & they are so much easier to drive. My last 3 cars have been auto, I doubt I will ever go back to manual now.
That's a difficult question.
Traditionally, stick shift is more efficient and safer than automatic transmissions. First (and simplifying things a lot), because the car is doing your job for you, so it spends energy you should spend, and that energy comes from your fuel. And second, because in case of a brake malfunction, a stick shift car has a clutch, which allows you to use the transmission to stop the car, while the automatic car won't.
That said, with the developments within the last few decades, the differences between stick shift and automatic have become somewhat blurred and electronically managed automatic transmissions have won a lot of terrain, so the difference (while still existing) has become very small, to the point that it's now more of a personal preference thing than anything else.
And then there's a third player, which is dual clutch, semi-automatic transmissions, which also have their own following. Their major downside (as of now) is the extra weight and mechanical complexity, but that is also changing fast.
Traditionally, stick shift is more efficient and safer than automatic transmissions. First (and simplifying things a lot), because the car is doing your job for you, so it spends energy you should spend, and that energy comes from your fuel. And second, because in case of a brake malfunction, a stick shift car has a clutch, which allows you to use the transmission to stop the car, while the automatic car won't.
That said, with the developments within the last few decades, the differences between stick shift and automatic have become somewhat blurred and electronically managed automatic transmissions have won a lot of terrain, so the difference (while still existing) has become very small, to the point that it's now more of a personal preference thing than anything else.
And then there's a third player, which is dual clutch, semi-automatic transmissions, which also have their own following. Their major downside (as of now) is the extra weight and mechanical complexity, but that is also changing fast.
New electronic/ robot operated cars are much much faster in the shifting even than proffesional drivers.
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