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Completely and wholly agree. I fucking hate driving automatics with transmissions that don't shift like I do. Especially ones that let the engine rev way up before shifting even when not really accelerating fast. Such a waste of gas.
Don't get me started on those fucking temperature settings... If it's 100+F, I don't want fucking 75 degree air coming at me at any point in time. I want ice cubes. I also enjoy not accidentally cracking my windshield with heat stress in the winter when the half-defrost setting randomly turns to high heat.
Current ATs shift way better than most people would manually. Setting your AC to 75 doesnt mean the air coming out of the vent is 75°. People on here complaining about AT and aircons while apparently never having used them.
Not everyone is driving a new car. There are older automatics, even ones after 2000, that behave as I described.
I didn't say it was all automatics. I said I especially hate ones like those.
Youre right
Big "Meh" on that statement. I drive a manual, and for a vacation, drove an Toyota Camry automatic. It had like 10 gears, and would take a while to search for the gear you wanted, and by the time it found it, it would need to be in a different powerband, so it would immediately pop out, search again...Rinse and repeat. On the flip side, my partner has a Honda with a CVT, and it is a much better automatic in my opinion. Easy power transition, no jerks, always at the right ratio, it really is fantastic. You might get a little hesitation if you absolutely slam the accelerator to the floor, but it is otherwise fairly responsive.
Youre right, 'current ATs' is too general. What I meant was it is not like the technology itself is lacking. There are fantastic ATs by now, but old and cheap cars probably still have problems.