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[Richard J Lebens]

--- George Selby <gselby4x4 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> At 09:44 PM 1/1/04 -0500, you wrote:
> >I've never understood this logic.  You have to move your right foot
> >from the brake to the throttle and push down.  Is it that much more
> >effort to lift your left foot.  Clutches in the newer (past
> 1970)cars
> >are pretty effortless.
> 
> 
> Clutches aren't effortless, the clutch in my 89 Audi 80 is among the 
> heaviest of all the cars I have driven. (it's about as heavy as the
> 12" 
> clutch in my F-150, both much heavier than the clutch in my 300ZX.)

Something must be wrong.  Even so it is still an insignificant effort. 
The driver is supposed to be the brain in the control loop.
 
> The logic of having an automatic in heavy traffic is:
> 
> 1) It does get tiring to constantly hold down the clutch pedal at 
> stoplights.  I am considering switching to an automatic tranny car
> right 

You are supposed to put the tranny in neutral and release the clutch at
stoplights.

> now for this reason alone.  The effort of holding the clutch down is 
> significantly more than either holding the brakes on a auto car at a
> light, 
> or pressing on the gas pedal.
> 
> 2)  In stop and go heavy traffic, frequently the traffic moves at a
> speed 
> slower than the slowest speed my cars will go in 1st gear.  So I
> either 

You can slip a clutch and at low rpm the heat build up isn't that
significant


> Another reason for an automatic tranny is resale value.  People just
> don't 
> want manual tranny cars anymore. It can be a pain to sell one at any
> price, 
> and you will frequently give a large discount as opposed to an
> automatic 
> tranny car.
> 

Try to sell an Rx-7 with a manual tranny.  Certain cars the above may
be true but not universally

Europe  80% manual
US 80% automatic

The conditions aren't that different and I don't understand the
preference.

Auto costs an extra $1000 and when it need service in five years
instead of a couple hundred for a new clutch it is a $2000 open ended
contract with the local auto tranny crook.

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