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Originally Posted by shadrach74
The reason is because it has absolutely revolutionized what the average human can do in an automobile and has eliminated all of the draw backs of the traditional automatic. Your fathers slush box it ain't. FYI: there are many manual gear boxes that put a an automated interface between the driver and tranny to select gears, just as there are many automatics that do not...
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I totally get that dual clutch is a revolutionary tech. What's that got to do with trying to call it "manual"?
In fact, it's because it's so revolutionary that it makes so little sense to call it manual. it's not remotely manual. It's completely computer controlled.
And no, there are zero manual gearboxes that put an automated interface inbetween the driver and tranny. Those boxes are automatic. They're just not torque converter.
The hint is in the word "manual". If servos and a computer are doing the gear changing, it's not manual.
What you're trying to talk about, at least in a modern context, is a synchromesh gearbox which can have both manual and automatic interfaces.