car pickup speed

Caitaokue SG

still driving manual car? It's time to move on to automatic. Esp in spore, so many traffic lights, steep carpark slope, slow traffic, etc. One leg does it all, the other leg can rest on the dash board. no technique, just ram the accelerator to speed up.

alleggerita SG

You think everyone very rich to buy cars with auto tranny? Basic transport like Kia Picanto, Chery QQ, etc are still all fitted with manual trannies.

Caitaokue SG

You think everyone very rich to buy cars with auto tranny? Basic transport like Kia Picanto, Chery QQ, etc are still all fitted with manual trannies.

No money take bus lor. Mercedes Benz got driver some more. Automatic car also got cheap one what.

Crap cars like Chery QQ are dangerous. Ask a small boy to punch the car and there will be dent.

methanol SG

I've always thought manual cars are more powerful, and the pick up is a lot faster than automatics.

I'm driving an auto, at the traffic junction, to move off faster from vehicle beside me, I'll floor the accelerator, no good for fuel but that is one method.

As for running the expressway, my gearbox is slow at going from 60 to 80km, what I usually do is feather accelerator, starting from 40km.

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As for other cars overtaking at first light, what I usually do is allow them to cut into my lane and allow them to move off first. Then overtake permanently 10 seconds down the expressway via third lane. It is a much nicer feeling. Slow but steady. I notice many taxi drivers on the road have acquired this habit.

Caitaokue SG

I've always thought manual cars are more powerful, and the pick up is a lot faster than automatics.

I'm driving an auto, at the traffic junction, to move off faster from vehicle beside me, I'll floor the accelerator, no good for fuel but that is one method.

Manual cars are more powerful and accelerate faster if you are very familiar with the car and can coordinate both legs with the right release and step-in. Not forgetting, manual cars are more fuel efficient.

But if you are used to auto, moving back to manual is a big pain.

With this kind of fuel prices, there is no need for car race on the street. If someone drives faster than you, let him or her go unless they roadhog on you after overtaking you. In that case, follow closely, wait for next lane to clear then ram in to overtake, cut back and roadhog him back.

methanol SG

But if you are used to auto, moving to back manual is a big pain.

That I agree, Automatics are a lot easier to handle, but the sense of satisfaction and control, is different.

Practice makes perfect, once joyanz gets used to operating a manual gearbox and overcomes the glitch, he or she will have no problems powering a manual transmission.

n0x SG

Hmm, upshift at the point of max torque or at the point where the torque and power curve intersect?

max torque...

not intersection...

joyanz SG

i want to master controlling manual car well b4 moving on to auto.. no point shifting to auto if i simply cant control manual well. thats the whole point of obtaining a manual license right?

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