Nobody is saying it should be called a manual transmission. I’m saying it should not, and is not typically, called an “automatic” because that confuses it with a drastically different thing (torque converter).

Well said. We have no way of knowing that this current issue would not have happened without AGW. Things were much worse during the ‘30s, for instance, which set many heat/cold/precip records that still stand today.

See how nice it is in a technical convo to use automatic to refer to the slush box and DCT to refer to a transmission type that’s drastically different?

Automated dual-clutch transmission is far different than an slush box automatic. Hence why actual car people and manufacturers will not call a DCT an automatic. I agree with them.

ZF is one of the best autos made, and one of the fastest shifting, yet it’s over twice as slow as Tremec’s DCT.  

Programming. Could a human foot move fast enough to blip the throttle whilst a DCT downshifts?

You can’t tell the difference between slush-box 60yr old technology automatic tranny shifting vs the micro-second glory that is the dual clutch transmission?

HAHA OK let’s put it this way, how often did you see this before trump took office:

GREAT writeup! I wonder what boost levels they could make, any idea?

Who was ever comparing big blocks to diesels?  Not me.

By your logic, the ecoboost F150 would not be selling well. (could not be more wrong).  They’re more expensive, complex, and they sound worse than the 5.0 but people buy ecoboosts over 5.0s by a giant margin.

You forgot about people that live on un-paved roads in states that get a lot of snow. (i.e. we need 4wd with lots of clearance)

Off idle?

LOL try 400. And off-idle torque of a big-block is still better than anything on the market not named a diesel.

Pickups are most certainly designed to accept a 5th wheel hitch. Ford offers them straight from the factory, they’re called “gooseneck hitch prep package”

Not if that old F250 had a 460 in it, those things are BEASTS  (we had 2 of them on our ranch, they pulled like you wouldn’t believe).

True.  Trump is 10x worse

LOLOLOL did you even read the guy’s tweets? This BS started under OBAMA. Good lord some of you are blinded by bias.

LOL this must be a hard concept.  NOBODY was listening to these guys yelling at the top of their lungs about immigration issues.  99.99% of all of you could care less back  then, including the media, because god forbid we criticize Obama.  Then OVERNIGHT all of you were REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE about the border crisis, which…

Can’t stand trump and not saying this should exonerate him. He ratcheted it up and bragged about it. Point being that 99% of all americans currently upset about this subject were hypocritically QUIET when it was happening during Obama’s admin.