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Auto V Manual
clbarclay:
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--- Quote from: dxmedia on May 18, 2009, 15:43:25 ---And from the other side of the fence, having driven plenty of manual's off road, I'd say auto (which is what I've got at the moment), you've full torque from start, far smother than manual, and if your talking auto, your also talking large engine, so auto's are fine tow wagons as well.
I've a jeep grand cherokee fyi.
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Not wanting to get into some big arguement here but it is the torque issue that leans me towards the manual box. In really slippery situations the ability to start off in a higher gear (say 3rd) often overcomes the tendency to spin the wheels you would get in 1st and (unless you can manually lock your autobox into 3rd) from an auto.
Having said that my current vehicle (and the previous one) is an auto Discovery and I love it to death :doh:
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Not arguing here, just discussing.
Wanting to starting off in a higher gear has not been a problem for me with an auto like it was with a manual. instead of clutch control you use throttle control to carefully feed in and control torque delivery to the wheels. The other day I drove my friends bobtail for a short distance and it was a little unneving, to prevent stalling of clutch slipping it had to be driven faster than I would have driven with my auto. that was with 32" tyres and standard gearing for 205r16 tyres.
My brakes get a hard time because of the auto, I tend to do a lot of cadence braking to control the speed slower than a manual in first down slopes. So far the discs and pads are still holding up well, though they can glaze over.
IMHO auto v manual depends a lot on the drivers preferances and styles, both are suitable types of gearbox for driving offroad.
Bush Tucker Man:
The other factor with an automatic is when wading.
If a manual gearbox vehicle strikes an object, it'll stall, if it can't get over it.
An auto will simply sit there with the engine running
This is a large advantage if the water is deep enough to cover the exhaust..........
On the other hand, I still wish our XKR had a manual box
Range Rover Blues:
Here's a thought, how do you cope with a stalled hill climb in an auto, or do they not stall?
You know, the thing where you put it in reverse then crank the engine :-k
clbarclay:
You still put them in reverse, though you can't start an auto in gear so you can put it in reverse and then start.
I treat it the same as normal hill decents, careful use of the brakes controls the speed and sticking it in reverse reduces the chances of the brakes locking up the wheels.
Like winching sideways for example, brakeing down hills is not recomended practice (particuarly when teaching driving techniques) due to the higher risk of something going wrong, but like winching sideways it can also prove very effective.
dxmedia:
--- Quote from: Range Rover Blues on June 27, 2009, 22:32:38 ---Here's a thought, how do you cope with a stalled hill climb in an auto, or do they not stall?
You know, the thing where you put it in reverse then crank the engine :-k
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Auto's dont stall. Well not unless you take a pair of side cutters to the wiring loom and hack an override switch into the torque convertor, and also over ride the inhibitor for starting in gear, and in which case, yeah, cranking on the starter motor is possible ;) oh and stalling :lol:
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