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Old 08-01-2003, 01:36 PM
Madigon Madigon is offline
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Auto vs Manual although not like that

I was thinking about how automatics work, and was wondering:

why are manual transmissions supposedly better? Besides how they feel, but rather in performance statistics, couldn't an automatic transmission be programmed to shift faster and at better places than a manual shifter with a person's errors? Wouldn't it be more consistent on track times? I'm just wondering because the hype is toward a manual stick shifter, and I think that we are quickly ruling out the possibilities of an auto.

PS does AOD mean automatic OverDrive? Just wondering.
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