It's Autostick on Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep. But again, no real clutch.But manual shifting of automatics is old hat. I can manually shift my '55 Chevy BelAir through the Powerglide's two speeds. It will hold first gear until I bump the lever. In the early days all automatics would hold the lower gears if you kept the lever in low or (where applicable) 2. A 57 Ford will do a nice manual shift. You start in low, and it will stay in first until you go to drive. When you move the lever to drive, the trans shifts to second. Moving the lever back to low will cause it to stay in second until you move it back to drive a second time. This will shift the box to third gear. Manual shifting of automatics is nothing new. Only the marketing is new. By the way, '51 Chryslers used a manual clutch with an automatic transmission -- not completely unlike that Tiptronic. In the late sixties I built a little dragster with a nitro burning, normally aspirated Pontiac engine. The trans was a Chrysler Torqueflite with a manual clutch on the front. In those days, we called them Clutchflites. The clutch was used only to get off the starting line. The trans was then shifted manually, but there was no torque converter. Similar to the Tiptronic in most regards. Paul On Jun 26, 2006, at 11:33 PM, John Francis wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 08:02:24PM -0600, William Robb wrote: >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John Francis" >> Subject: Re: K100D SR >> >> >>> >>> I want the car to shift for me, but only when I tell it to shift. >>> I guess you might say I prefer a hyper-manual transmission :-) >> >> Do they put Tiptronics into Porsches? > > As a matter of fact that's the only place you find one - Tiptronic > is a Porsche registered trademark. Other manufacturers have to > call it something else - on a BMW, for example, it's referred to > as a Sequential Manual Gearbox (or SMG). > > Several other manufacturers offer automatic gearboxes with an > option to manually shift the ratios - I've come across them on > Opel/Vauxhalls, Pontiacs, and even my wife's MINI. But these > aren't the same as a true Tiptronic/SMG; they still have the > fluid flywheel of the automatic transmission, not a real clutch. > I believe even the Honda Fit offers this on automatic models, > complete with paddle shifters on the steering wheel. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
