Volkswagon unveils car that gets 282 miles to the gallon.

the all clutch pack solution is unique to honda afaik. planetary geared
automatics, which are the majority, still use clutch bands in addition
to clutch packs.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/automatic-transmission4.htm

the modern "semi-auto's" with full auto control use a single dry plate
clutch to shift and individual dog clutches on the ratios like a
standard transmission.

 

the all clutch pack solution is unique to honda afaik. planetary geared
automatics, which are the majority, still use clutch bands in addition
to clutch packs.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/automatic-transmission4.htm

the modern "semi-auto's" with full auto control use a single dry plate
clutch to shift and individual dog clutches on the ratios like a
standard transmission.

 

reality is, it's not weight, it's ability to protect the passenger cell
that matters. if the passenger cell fails, and unfortunately, that
happens in a lot of those big heavy older vehicles, the occupants are
going to have the local coyotes and vultures poking about inside their
vehicle quite actively if the crash is not detected soon enough.

 

reality is, it's not weight, it's ability to protect the passenger cell
that matters. if the passenger cell fails, and unfortunately, that
happens in a lot of those big heavy older vehicles, the occupants are
going to have the local coyotes and vultures poking about inside their
vehicle quite actively if the crash is not detected soon enough.

 

Have you actually checked any manuals?

My 06 Civic Si certainly has scheduled service for replacement of the manual
transmission fluid. Can't give you a set schedule, since it is on the
maintenance minder, but it will come up and need to be done.

 

Have you actually checked any manuals?

My 06 Civic Si certainly has scheduled service for replacement of the manual
transmission fluid. Can't give you a set schedule, since it is on the
maintenance minder, but it will come up and need to be done.

 

that's the ironic stupidity of it! rather than re-invest and compete,
detroit simply put lipstick on their pig and hoped to keep selling it.
now, domestic product is /so/ bad and /so/ behind the technology curve,
it's hard to see how they could ever catch up. it's not like anyone
couldn't see this coming, not least detroit, and they were filling their
pants with their fears. but then they had the reprieve of the suv
phenomenon when they were suddenly making 50% /NET/ profits on those
pieces of the garbage, and the japanese were standing about scratching
themselves wondering what the **** people were buying those dumb-ass
vehicles for. but ever the pragmatists, the japanese soon figured that
if that's what the round-eyes wanted, that's what they would get, and
suddenly the only thing detroit had left was taken away. dumb bastards.
they deserve to go down in flames if they can't get smart.

 

that's the ironic stupidity of it! rather than re-invest and compete,
detroit simply put lipstick on their pig and hoped to keep selling it.
now, domestic product is /so/ bad and /so/ behind the technology curve,
it's hard to see how they could ever catch up. it's not like anyone
couldn't see this coming, not least detroit, and they were filling their
pants with their fears. but then they had the reprieve of the suv
phenomenon when they were suddenly making 50% /NET/ profits on those
pieces of the garbage, and the japanese were standing about scratching
themselves wondering what the **** people were buying those dumb-ass
vehicles for. but ever the pragmatists, the japanese soon figured that
if that's what the round-eyes wanted, that's what they would get, and
suddenly the only thing detroit had left was taken away. dumb bastards.
they deserve to go down in flames if they can't get smart.

 

Useful wins this troll.

 

Useful wins this troll.

 

Toyota went bandless in the '70s.

 

Toyota went bandless in the '70s.

 

But as a spammer he seems to have ended up on the losing end. The thread has
been about the subject line and spinoff from that. His site advertising has
been a flop, because nobody even cares where the link pointed. Just as
well - I saw the subject lines there and realized I had forgotten my tin
foil hat.

Mike

 

But as a spammer he seems to have ended up on the losing end. The thread has
been about the subject line and spinoff from that. His site advertising has
been a flop, because nobody even cares where the link pointed. Just as
well - I saw the subject lines there and realized I had forgotten my tin
foil hat.

Mike

 

i thought they were still planetary. i tried looking briefly for toyota
gearbox drawings last night but couldn't find anything. do you have any
links?

 

i thought they were still planetary. i tried looking briefly for toyota
gearbox drawings last night but couldn't find anything. do you have any
links?

 

Planetary yes, banded no. The two are not mutually inclusive. All bands
or clutch packs do is affect which part(s) of the planetary gearset
is/are allowed to turn.

I also discovered the Chrysler A604 transaxle is also bandless. I have
posted to rec.autos.tech asking for more examples of bandless auto
gearboxes.

Not online. I read that in a factory shop manual. Toyota had some banded
trannies and some bandless ones. I think the Toyota A40 was the first
bandless.

 

Planetary yes, banded no. The two are not mutually inclusive. All bands
or clutch packs do is affect which part(s) of the planetary gearset
is/are allowed to turn.

I also discovered the Chrysler A604 transaxle is also bandless. I have
posted to rec.autos.tech asking for more examples of bandless auto
gearboxes.

Not online. I read that in a factory shop manual. Toyota had some banded
trannies and some bandless ones. I think the Toyota A40 was the first
bandless.

 

If you are talking about the american market only, I don't know, but in
the global market Toyota got to number one in the first quarter(?) of
this year.

 

If you are talking about the american market only, I don't know, but in
the global market Toyota got to number one in the first quarter(?) of
this year.