>It means that when you push gas in automatic car, it will react in 1-2 seconds, which is ridiculous
no modern automatic is that slow, and if it is that means something is broken.
this isn't 1955 with three fucking statorless torque convertors between you and 160 hp.
>Will a computer always and consistently outshift a human?
Maybe. Depends on gearbox construction. No automated gearbox will ever outshift an electrohydraulic manual.
>Will a computer always anticipate my actions perfectly, and will it always do exactly what I want?
Depends on software. This certainly does not apply to all automatic gearboxes. A sequential dogbox will always do what I want, safety and wheelspeed be damned. Electronically controlled automatics don't always respond perfectly, and are abhorrently annoying when they do so.
And finally, the most subjective:
>Will a computer provide the feedback and physical engagement a manual setup provides?
No. In an age where the automotive world will be heavily automated, and where enthousiast want to go back to fundamentals, a clutch pedal and an H-gate will always exist.
>Why does the auto version of my car have 40 fewer horses to get the same fuel economy?
Because manufacturers often put shorter (numerically higher) final drives in automatics (or at least they used to), to provide automatics with the best acceleration. This causes fuel economy to decline.
>I'll sit cozily just lifting my foot on and off the brake.
>He calls himself master race without the glory that is radar cruise control
I bet you ever steer your car like a peasant does.
Mechanical efficiency = mechanical input (at the crank) divided by output (at the driveshaft). Manuals have a better mechanical efficiency in this regard, thanks to lower losses in a clutch compared to a torque converter, or the gearbox needing energy-sapping actuators to control an automatic clutch.
As for fuel efficiency, that's usually better in a manual as well, thanks to the lower drivetrain losses.
If splash cooling is enough to cool a manual, and you need external coolers for an automatic that simply means an automatic will generate more heat, and thus has larger mechanical losses. Simply physics, really.
>It means that when you are on cruise control and approaching a hill, car will rev up instead on shifting down and losing a bit of speed
My car is manual and it does the same on cruise control on hills.
That's the fucking point of cruise controls.
What kind of restarded fuck would want to have a cruise control that bleeds speed on hills? Just turn it off and turn it on again when you are done
>I'd rather be in control
Basically means that the user controls the gear, clutch depression and can thus anticipate a car's behaviour better. Not all automatics are completely predictable, and some dual clutch boxes for example can be easily offset by an unexpected downshift. You'll get a "SHIFT DENIED" on the dash while you're rushing into a corner, using just the brakes to scrub off speed, which moves your weight onto the front axle, making your rear end light etc etc.
>It's not about the speed
Manual engagement will become more and more of a priority. Once automated driving is mandatory, all, or at least most, user-operated cars will be owned by enthousiasts, who will obviously want feedback and engagement more than they want pure speed - they can get that in an automatic car.
>It's not about fuel economy
It is though. Manual fuel economy is better due to the lower internal losses.
Feels so good to be part of the automagic club. Never worry about traffic or water crossings when off road.
Watching all those manualcucks get their clutches wet and suddenly stop moving always amuses me.
You get a shift denied because you are too stupid to downshift without over revving the engine, it's not le ebin electronic conspiracy or you being too smart for the gearbox you are using
It's worn out because it's true.
>he rejects man's technological advances
>he's in denial that computers accomplish tasks more efficiently than man
I have absolutely no problem with technology, and I don't deny computers do a darn good job.
My problem with your picture involves the clutchpacks and planetary gears controlled by hydraulic pressure.
Automated manuals (like DCTs and SMGs) are fine. Slushboxes (whether controlled by computer or not) are not.