Is the manual gear really difficult to drive? Besides the inconvenience of traffic jam, what else?

Is the manual gear really difficult to drive? Besides the inconvenience of traffic jam, what else?

Manual gear is basically an advantage except that traffic jams are more troublesome. At least not worse than automatic transmission. Mainly reflected in these aspects.

Good stability

Manual gearbox is a purely mechanical structure, and the gear mechanism is not so strict with accuracy, even if it is slightly worn. The only electronic device is probably the speed sensor on the output shaft of the gearbox.

Automatic gearbox, whether it is the gear lever or the gearbox itself, has a large number of electronic components and control computers. The reliability of electronic equipment is never as good as pure mechanical structure. And the mechanical part of the automatic gearbox is not worry-free. Take the shift hydraulic solenoid valve as an example. If that thing dares to wear a little, it will immediately lead to insufficient oil pressure, which will be terrible. Clutch wear and CVT slip are all minutes.

save worries

Many car owners may not change the manual transmission oil, but few car owners do not change the automatic transmission oil. When it is difficult to shift gears manually, most car owners will slam on the clutch to forcibly shift gears, and if one day the automatic gearbox does not dare to shift gears, it is estimated that the owner's heart is cold. Sometimes even a little setback in automatic gearbox shifting will cause great psychological fluctuation of the owner, for fear of something going wrong.

Low use cost

The maintenance of manual gearbox and automatic gearbox is not complicated, just change the oil. The oil change cost of manual gearbox is much lower, and the oil itself is cheap and easy to operate.

The oil change cost of automatic transmission is much higher. First of all, the price of gearbox oil is not cheap, and second, it is too troublesome to change the oil, so the filter element must be changed. If you don't follow the process, it is likely to cause problems in the gearbox, and the wrong oil will also cause problems in the gearbox.

The driver's control over the vehicle.

I think this is the essence of manual transmission.

Therefore, it is really fun to stop the car by hand, not just talking about it. Moreover, manual shielding is not as difficult as expected, and it will be handy if you get used to it.