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 AT vs AMT, can someone explain further?

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sleepwalker
post Sep 8 2006, 04:26 PM

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QUOTE(hypermount @ Sep 7 2006, 09:39 AM)
Sequential in quick succession. It 's possible with AMT.

Guys check and compare the PRICE of PROTON's torque converter with AMT gearbox...you will be shocked to death.
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Sequential just means that the gearbox do not use the H shift pattern. Anything that uses a those flappy pedals or up/down gear sticks and you are required to shift in a sequence are called sequential gearboxes.

So the AMT is a sequential gearbox as you have to shift the gear from 1 to 2 to 3 and cannot jump from 1 to 3 like a standard H configuration gearbox.
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post Sep 9 2006, 01:59 PM

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QUOTE(MoNnY @ Sep 9 2006, 12:46 PM)
its something like BMW's SMG... its like any other semi auto tranny
but this is from renault ?
if not mistaken its a manual with automated clutch which is useless..
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Care to explain why being a manual with automated clutch is useless? The SMG is a manual with an automated clutch, so is that useless too? Automated clutch is not the same as an automatic transmission.
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post Sep 18 2006, 01:41 PM

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QUOTE(goldfries @ Sep 18 2006, 12:46 PM)
biggrin.gif i only bash Proton. not their cars. i find of all Proton Cars, the Savvy is probably the only one........well other than Waja, that's worth it's price.

anyway back to topic.

i'm still not sure how to explain AMT to people. smile.gif

what i usually say is AMT is MT that works like AT minus stuff like the torque converter and such. biggrin.gif

now the thing is, in Savvy it's not only clutchless-manual ie sequential gear-shifting without clutch - that part is easy to understand. now the part harder for me (to understand and to explain) is that it comes with automatic gear changes, does other AMT come with automatic gear changes? or is it just on Savvy?

people usually get confused at this point, it's like so it's an auto that's not an auto?  rclxub.gif heck even Proton SAs are still telling me AMT is auto auto auto....
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Yes, all other AMTs or SMGs and Sequential gearboxes have an automatic function where you can put the gear into "D" and drive it like an automatic gearbox. You just have to watch enough Jeremy Clarkson videos to see how much he hates the D function as it is very jerky in urban driving on low gears.

 

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