Automatic vs Manual Transmission: which is best?
It’s the age-old debate: what’s better, a manual gearbox or an automatic one? To work that out, we have to look at what each one offers.
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Anatomy of a manual gearbox
Gearboxes. They’re just sort of there, aren’t they? We take them for granted, which is a bit cheeky of us given just how hard they work.
What is a transmission on your car?
What is a transmission when it comes to your vehicle? A transmission is another name for a car’s gearbox, the component that turns the engine’s power into something the car can use. Simply, without it, you’d sit in your car with the engine running, going nowhere.