Transmission Activity

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by Dano58, Jan 2, 2007.

  1. Dano58

    jim beam Guest

    jeepers, engage brain before opening mouth will ya? if it had that kind
    of autonomy, it wouldn't even need a steering wheel!!! way you talk,
    having 1930's style manual ignition timing controls in the middle of the
    steering wheel are the way to go too.
     
    jim beam, Jan 14, 2007
    #41
  2. I don't expect anywhere near that level of autonomy in the foreseeable
    future. Nor am I looking for it. I like to drive the car.
    I am hardly a Luddite. I like technology when it is well applied. My
    first Honda had a manual choke. It was fun, but I never hesitated to
    exchange it for an automatic choke and later FI. These systems manage
    the engine so that it gives me what I want as a driver; smooth,
    predictable throttle response. That increases my control over the
    power.

    I remember being in 3rd grade (1964) and reading how in the future (by
    the year 2000?) you would just hop in the back seat of the car and
    tell it where you wanted to go. I hope they have that perfected by
    the time I am too old to drive. Until then, I have no use for it. And
    as long as I am driving, there are certain things I want to control.
    If new technology increases my control, I am all for it. If it makes
    driving easier while decreasing driver control, I have no interest in
    it and I resent having to pay for it. That is how I feel about every
    AT I have ever driven. I is the fundamental way in which they work
    which I object to. Refining that operation does not address my
    primary objection.
     
    Gordon McGrew, Jan 15, 2007
    #42
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