Hill Start Assist

[Bradley]

My dad drove a '72 Marquis. Black over black with the 429. We called it the Mafia Staff car. I finally got to drive it senior year of high school and took it to college for a few semesters. Loved that car.

While I think you do know your sht , the hill-assist in my cars are transparent and are inoffensive to my manly clutch-driven ego . I've driven nothing but manuals my entire driving life, and instinctively launch on hills without the system kicking in, or if it does I can't tell; I'm not sure this is a big deal. Just sayin'

I had to look up that '72 on Google and it is basically the same car. NIce! Apparently you can drive! I remember my friend had a Honda CRX in about 1987 and we lined them up from the front bumpers and that CRX barely made it to the Ford's firewall.... I am sure someone will want to check that. Those Fords were massive! You drove it like, GTF out of my way.... Honestly, you could get about 5 or 6 bodies in the trunk alone. LOL. Unfortunately, it's now rusting away on my uncle's farm.... the good die young.

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[Aman]

You'd be surpised. The 350 manual is gone and the 500 is auto only. And it's ALL via the USA. Everyone else in the world likes sticks... the Americans, apparently... well... ;(

The 500 is definitely not an automatic. A DCT is nothing like a conventional slushbox.

 

[Drex]

The 500 is definitely not an automatic. A DCT is nothing like a conventional slushbox.

Arguing with a dictionary seems pointless, but have at it! (Hint: lots of other automatic transmission designs don't match what you call 'conventional' either)

 

[Aman]

Arguing with a dictionary seems pointless, but have at it! (Hint: lots of other automatic transmission designs don't match what you call 'conventional' either)

Have you seen the way dictionaries, especially MW, updates definitions to cater to the politicos these days? Dictionaries are quickly becoming as accurate as Wikipedia.

 

[Drex]

Political faction favoritism have caused the definition of "automatic transmissions" to be changed to cater to the folks that want a DCT to be included in the category even though, you believe it shouldn't. Got it.

 

[Aman]

Political faction favoritism have caused the definition of "automatic transmissions" to be changed to cater to the folks that want a DCT to be included in the category even though, you believe it shouldn't. Got it.

LOL, the point was that you can no longer trust dictionaries to be accurate. However, if we're going to trust MW's definition as a fact, does that mean if I shift a DCT by manipulating a lever or paddle, it is no longer an automatic?

This is a car forum, to equate the term auto to a DCT is silly. I would wager that most people here think of a slushbox when they hear the term automatic transmission.

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