Re: Forcing an *up*shift in an automatic--mpgs

On May 31, 8:52 pm, Patok <p...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Nate Nagel wrote:
Steve wrote:

Sticks are fun to drive, but there's something absolutely stone-age
about grinding an unlubricated piece of friction material into a metal
flywheel to make the car move and then change gears.... especially
when replacing that friction material means you have to drop the
transmission and (usually) have to re-machine the flywheel.

It's no more stone age than stepping on the brake pedal. It's not like
there's any significant slippage or wear in normal operation of the
clutch, anyway.

Stepping on the brake /is/ stone-age. The very idea that all that
energy is dissipated into heat is an affront to any person with sci-tech
thinking. A system with 4 electric motors and electro-dynamic braking
would be so much better. But they killed the electric car, right?

"They" haven't killed it, the technology is on the shelf waiting for a
nice dense energy storage medium.

nate

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