Comment on I'll just take the bus

• Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When I've driven an automatic I could only manually set the gears for first and second. I'm sure that's not universal as nothing is, but I can only speak to my own experience.

  I would usually use fourth when decelerating up to a junction and then switch directly to second as I get close, as an example.

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• 0ops@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah but it’s not really feasible to use it at every corner and stop like you can a manual car. Engine braking in an auto is mostly just for doing long descents without riding the brakes too much

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  • FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Some cars have ‘hard’ regenerative braking but yea, it’s rare

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    • 0ops@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Regen is just an electric car thing though, no? And EVs (with very few exceptions) don’t have a transmission at all?

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      • ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Regen has been on trains for a long time, fwiw.

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      • FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Uhhh that sounds right

        To be fair I know close to nothing about cars and mechanics

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