Do Yo Think Standard Transmissions Will Go Away?

Chuck · #1 04-24-2006, 04:58 PM

Standard transmissions made a little comeback in the 1970s when gas prices rose. Wonder if they will make a comeback. Of course, HSD hybrids use the CVT transmission.

I think standard transmissions will still be useful for a while longer. Sort of suspect they will become an oddity.

tbaleno · #2 04-24-2006, 05:06 PM

I think MT will stay around. People like control.

brick · #3 04-24-2006, 05:32 PM

If I can't have a 5 or 6 speed MT I want a manual CVT. That would be a pretty decent trade off IMO, and one would think it would not be terribly difficult to do.

tigerhonaker · #4 04-24-2006, 05:52 PM

My 2-Cents;

The CVT Transmissions are going to be in along with the vehicles computer controlling more and more to increase FE. My 2-Cents:

psyshack · #5 04-24-2006, 08:00 PM

MT's are good as dead. Folks dont want to drive anymore. They want to talk on cell phones, play with there lappys, nav's and palm pilots.

tigerhonaker · #6 04-24-2006, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by psyshack

MT's are good as dead. Folks dont want to drive anymore. They want to talk on cell phones, play with there lappys, nav's and palm pilots.

Psyshack;

I don't always agree with you on this one. Way to much traffic to be worrying about shifting gears anymore.

Not to mention that the New Cvt Tans. with the computer does a great job even without our assistance.

psyshack · #7 04-24-2006, 10:53 PM

I would agree that traffic is a problem. But why live in a area that mandates one to be packed in a area like little fish in a tin? I was offered jobs while in Phx. at four times my current salary. I refused all offers. To put up with red light runners, traffic jams, and mexicans that run out infront of cars like deer. And theres more mexicans than deer.

is not worth me driving a auto or cvt.

We took the Accord into work today. What a snore. Wife likes it. I wish we had never bought it. And I doubt a cvt would make it any better. Starch in my underware is more fun than driving a auto.

The world dosent see it like I do. Most folks want a auto and will take a cvt. And they will live in hugh congested metro's where a auto just becomes another tool in a life that has gotten more and more fast pace upbeat. And all those great time saving things that dont work.

I made my 3 girls learn to drive on a MT. I made them pass there drivers test with MT's. I also made them prove to me they could change a tire on a gravel road at night. I also taught them what oil filters looked like, drain plugs, coolent, air filters. On and on. I made them do maint on cars with me. Taught them things so they wouldnt get burned at service dept's.

I think the MT is dead. I think there dead because at the root folks are lazy and unskilled in the art of driving.

As I set here and ramble its apprent my back hurts and when I move my left leg my groning burns and my right ankle is hurting. Think its colapsing. Joy Joy. But I will not drive that utterly boring Asian Impala to work in the AM. I will drive my 5MT Civic and enjoy myself.

Chuck · #8 04-25-2006, 07:55 AM

Sadly, I agree standard transmissions are an endangered species. Too many people that do stuff like eat or phone while driving.

I find it hard to believe that fluid automatics will ever match standard transmissions. To illustrate the point, I remember my Dad adding a transmission cooler for the trailer - it's like adding another radiator to deal with the additional heat.

A not so obvious point: standard transmissions are a hardship for the disabled and elderly. With the baby boomers aging and more diabetics, they will favor automatics.

gonavy · #9 04-25-2006, 08:38 AM

endangered, yes, but like the spotted owl, protected. Protected by the niche of drivers who demand them. Unfortunately they will exist only in sports cars, offshore-bought, and in commercial trucks (even trucks are questionable). They will become largely extinct for most vehicles (already have- you can't get stick for the V6 version of lots of cars, only the lower end trims)