On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 17:00:49 +0000
Kevin Chadwick via Dng <dng@???> wrote:

> On 03/11/2024 22:35, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:
> > That's where a
> > manual transmission would have taught you to start in a higher gear at
> > lower rpm with NO spinning and you would be just fine once you're
> > going.
>
> All weather tyres and AWD/4WD would be even better.
>
> In the UK almost everyone drives manuals and most vehemently defend them but the
> automatics these days let you choose the gear anyway and formula one race cars
> have had automatics for decades as the expensive ones are faster than humans.

Yes, but the pilots give the input for gear change form levers on the steering wheel,
so they still control the timing of change.

> Automatics also tend to last longer, though when they do go they can be a car
> killer due to the expense.
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