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Automatic Transmission Versus
Manual Transmission
This remarkable lady of 80 years young passed in the automatic car first time with only 3 minor faults. "Well done, Jill! You deserved to pass, as you were truly dedicated to succeed! - Jean"
Skills 4 Wheels are pleased to announce the introduction of driving tuition for those people preferring to learn to drive in a vehicle with an Automatic Transmission. Currently this option is only available in Weston-Super-Mare and surrounding area.
Automatic or Manual Tuition - which should I go for?
This is not an easy one, because automatic and manual transmission is, if you'll pardon the expression, "geared" to different styles of driving.
What’s the difference?
Transmissions are components that alter, through a series of gears, the rotational connection between the engine and the drive wheels. In this way, the maximum power of the engine is optimized to the various speeds and loads that the car requires.
An Automatic transmission makes the gear changes automatically, relying on measures of the engine speed and the pressure of the accelerator pedal. A Manual transmission relies solely on the driver to make these adjustments, who controls it by use of the accelerator, clutch, and the gearshift lever.
Are there any advantages?
The advantages of learning in a car with manual or automatic transmission depend strictly on how involved you want you're driving to be. It's a very individual choice.
An Automatic transmission allows you to concentrate on manoeuvring along roads and dealing with other cars, traffic rules, hazards and pedestrians etc, and as the gearing is changed automatically, you do not need to be concerned with clutch control and changing gears. Whilst driving in an automatic transmission car, manoeuvres to start, stop and steer are much less difficult and only the use of the right foot is required, the left foot should not be used at all. However, the foot and hand brake must be used more often to avoid the car "creeping". The advantage may be that the driver does not have to pay continual attention to clutch, gears etc. and therefore may need fewer lessons to pass his or her driving test.
When learning in a manual transmission, the driver must spend a greater share of his or her time concentrating on, and acquiring the skills, to ensure the optimum gear selection is made for the terrain and speed the car is traveling at. Because there are more simultaneous actions and skills required to drive a car with manual transmission it therefore takes longer to learn the skills to a level where a driving test can be successfully taken and passed.
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