Modern automatics enable you to do everything a manual gearbox can do - except stall!
The problem is that they carry a penalty in purchase price, economy and performance.
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Learn to drive on a manual, get a couple of years experience on one and then, if you can afford it and you do mainly urban driving, get an auto.
I will only have autos, but then I do 95% urban driving and I can afford the extra costs.
Do you see pilots changing gear in a Cessna?
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Espada III - well if you have a family and need a Lamborghini, what else do you drive?
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Do you see pilots changing gear in a Cessna? --
Well, not in the classic Cessna 152 in which I learnt to fly, but many other prop aircraft have a form of gearing - known as the constant speed propellor since it allows you to choose a specific rpm for the prop.
You have a lever to move the prop angle from fine to coarse - some can be left at any point in between. The purpose is to achieve the same effect as a gearshift, in many ways.
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Yes Patently, but do you press a clutch pedal to vary the pitch of the propellor?
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Espada III - well if you have a family and need a Lamborghini, what else do you drive?
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Yes Patently, but do you press a clutch pedal to vary the pitch of the propellor?
There are plenty of other things to keep you busy! And you asked if pilots changed gear - which some do....
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VAG DSG autobox only has a purchase price penalty. Some DSG models are quicker than their manual equivalents.
If only it was a no cost option!
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Does anyone know why VAG offers the multitronic in the Audi, but the DSG in similarly-powered engines in VW models? (e.g 2.0TDI is DSG in the Touran, but multitronic in the A4)
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