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TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Automatics have clutches too, they are operated, as expected, automatic. A car without a clutch has just one gear.

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RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It’s unnecessary to be pedantic. We seem to have a pretty common understanding that the clutch in this context commonly implies manual transmission, and the vast majority of people have no idea how an automatic/CVT of any kind works or what the internal parts are.

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- TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  the vast majority of people have no idea how an automatic/CVT of any kind works or what the internal parts are.
  
  So I explained automatic transmission has an automated clutch, but sorry for explaining that.
  
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  - RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Ok dude. This doesn’t change what I said. Your explanation is irrelevant to people’s understanding prior to that and your pedantry looking to make yourself right. When people talk about a car with a clutch, we overall assume manual transmission. You want pedantry? Next time say “clutch pack” or “clutches”, seeing as traditional automatics don’t have a singular clutch. So you can at least be right in your explanation.
    
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    TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Ok sorry dude, no need to be so pedantic about it.
    
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Thunderbird4@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
The overwhelming majority of automatic transmissions made in the last 85 years have had torque converters, not automatically operated clutches (referring to the primary connection between motor and driveline, not torque converter lockup clutches or transmission clutch packs). Cars that use the automatic equivalent of a manual clutch pedal have really only been practically produced in the last 15 years in the form of dual wet clutch automatics.

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despoticruin@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
A car without a clutch could also just be a funny car. They don’t really have a clutch, it’s more a bullseye looking thing that drops in stages. Basically if you try to dump 3000+ horses into first gear metal tends to explode, so you dump multiple stages that just roast until you get speed. You still have gears, but it’s less of a clutch and more of a time delay friction welding system attached to the crankshaft.

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