They will never understand! they all got their drivers licences in an Auto! and they will never understand there is a good reason why in UK Europe Australia you cannot drive a manual vehicle by law unless you have a manual licence and have taken a Manuel driving test.lol
Rear disc brakes on a TJ?
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Your LOL tells me that once again your grasp of mechanical functions is highly flawed. Please explain to the class what part of what I said was incorrect.
I would not want to ever live in a country where I needed a different license to drive a manual trans passenger car. No one needs that level of bullshit in their life.
Not sure I’m enjoying living in the one we are currently in but I’m yet to find a better one.
Huh? You don’t need to engine brake to make that happen, you should always be in the right gear, doesn’t mean you need to engine brake to accomplish it. Heel toe would be a better option, granted I find the pedal layout in a jeep a little trickery then a BMW, so I don’t bother. At the end of the day the concept of engine braking to save brakes is assbackwards.
You don’t know what you’re talking about, and can’t even spell manual the same way twice.
That said, I’m a “millennial” that lived in Europe, drove legally, and managed just fine all in a manual. Regardless of all that, I still know it’s cheaper and easier to service my brakes than transmission and clutch. I really don’t get what you’re trying to argue.
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Easy. Just learn to drive a proper car first; the licence then covers you for auto as well. Driving an auto is a piece of cake, but driving a manual requires some skill. That’s why our licensing works the way it does.
I followed a driving school car a week or so ago which only taught in electric cars. Now there is a waste of time.
UKTJ
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A fair point. But based on the point made by Blaine that would not save you from clutch wear, IIUC he is saying any time the clutch is used it causes wear in some components, heel and toe changes would not address that. So it seems there may be more than two schools of thought here.
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UKTJ
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Road deaths per billion kilometers driven...
Australia: 5.2
UK: 3.4
US: 7.3
Mexico: 27.5
I include Mexico as an additional comparison because it is reputedly one of the easiest places in the world to get a licence, maybe a more rigourous system of testing is a contributory factor to saving lives.
Seemed a bit jumbled to me? a Clutch system is a wearing part of normal vehicle operation and you were stating the obvious. But brake maintenance only over always the lesser clutch maintenance is an idiots dream who cant really drive properly.
I hope that explained it enough if not I will continue!
Shit mate I dont need Grammarly to be on a forum but if you want to be the spelling police good for you?
My point is and will be that his position is highly flawed that you can magically save wear on clutch components if you are a licensed user with proper skills. Mechanically, there are specific parts that wear every single time you disengage the clutch no matter how skilled you are. From the barest beginner to the most skilled clutch user, that won't change and there is nothing anyone can do about that except not use the clutch.
So your position is that because we don't license manual owners separately we have a higher number of folks killed on our roads, is that correct? If you believe that, you're an idiot.