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Originally Posted by Hektore
Ok, at this point, I'm just going to have to take responsibility for both being and idiot and for asking a piss poor question, without really reading what I posted.
I apologize.
Now, forget what I said earlier.
Every AT vehicle I've ever driven has had a shifter lever that allows you to select between, overdrive, drive and low or some such set of gears, however they are labeled(with numbers or letters, or some combination of the two). They have also all behaved in the way that Jinn describes his gf's Mazda 6 behaving.
I don't understand the difference in what happens inside the transmission between a regular automatic and a 'manumatic'.
To tell the truth, I don't think there is any, it's just a clever trick by marketers that by changing the way you interface with the transmission, they make people think they're getting something new and/or better.
So that's really my question, how is the 'manumatic' different from a standard automatic, in terms of the operation of the transmission?
I ask, because without this information I cannot answer your question, and I think that with, it I could.
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Not a stupid question at all.
Earlier you were right. In a manumatic transmission, when engaged in changing the gears by yourself, you actually tell the transmission control to switch to either a higher or a lower gear. If you do so, the computer will respond accordingly BUT, if terrain or conditions dictate otherwise it will change to the appropriate gear. For example, you can take off on second gear but are at a very high slope. You would need first gear, the computer will comply and shift down to second but after judging by the vehicle's band and available power it will shift back to first automatically without your permission or compliance. This is the only difference between a manumatic and regular auto trans.
In an auto, however, the independent gears are actually gears and not interface control. I fond they are somewhat pointless but I have been in a car wtih this crazy chick who knew how to use them to cut people off the highway and send your heart up your throat. It was not funny.