Archive for the ‘Car Transmissions’ Category


What percent of American Drivers cannot drive a Manual Transmission car?

Title is pretty self explanatory, but I’m doing a paper and need some stats. It would be nice to have a source as well, but a ball park guess would do for now.

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Can a car with a bad transmission still pass a smog test?

I need my car to pass a smog test but the transmission needs repair. The engine gets loud whenever it accelerates. However, I was able to have the check engine light turned off when I got my brakes done recently. With the engine light now off, can my car pass or will the bad transmission [...]

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Is it possible to convert manual transmission car into automatic transmission car?

How many rupees I have to spent for this?

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Is it important to know how to drive a car that is manual transmission before taking the MSF course?

I’ve only driven automatic cars. My parents bought my 1st car for me. It was a crappy Honda Accord. I wanted to learn stick and get a Mustang or Camaro as a 1st car, but they only buy Japanese vehicles that are automatic transmission only, for some weird reason. So I never got a car [...]

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How do you launch a car with an automatic transmission?

I’ve heard that neutral dropping can seriously damage the transmission. I’m just curious how you are actually supposed to launch in a car with an auto tranny without damaging it. When I say “launch”, I mean it as in when you launch on a drag strip. Like at 3000 RPM

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