Saturday, November 10, 2012

CARNAMA - Episode 06 - Gears & Gear Sticks


Episode 6 - CARNAMA - Types of Gears and GearSticks

Hi Guys, Let's talk about the different types of Gears in cars. Basically there are three types of Gear systems:
1- Manual Gears
2- Tiptronic Gears
... 3- Automatic Gears

A manual gearbox is a transmission that allows the driver to select gears at will by using a stick shift.The manual gearbox is rare in modern cars, but is considered superior in sports cars.

Tiptronic involves an automatic transmission that is controlled like in a manual transmission. In the traditional automatic gear system it automatically selects the gear which the car should operate where as in a tiptronic gear system it allows the driver to control the gears.

Automatic gearboxes are able to select gears without direct input from the driver. The decision to change gears is made by the car's on-board computer, which changes gears based on the position of the accelerator and the brake, the speed of the vehicle and other conditions.

The Gear Stick is normally located between the two front seats of the car. In some cars, specially old American brands, the Gear Stick is located behind the steering wheel. In today's world, some car manufacturers have introduced the Paddle Shifters, which are inspired from the Formula1 race cars.

So whatever the car type that you drive, keep it moving in the right gear and drive safely.

1 comment:

  1. The car gears are the internal part of a car. It helps us to change the speed and allowed the car to be driven with minimum strain on engine. Mostly the cars have two types of gears, one is forward and other is backward.

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