Automatic or mechanic - what to choose?

What do future car owners usually pay attention to? On the brand, model, equipment, engine power, color, and not least - on what the transmission of the car. Most manufacturers offer a choice: an automaton or a mechanic. But it was not always so.

Originally, there was a manual transmission. First there were three steps, then four, and now some car corporations are developing six and seven, and there is talk of an eight-stage box.

Mechanics or automaton - of course, will be decided by every motorist himself, but we will help you make your choice.

The mechanical transmission has several advantages.

• One of the main reasons for choosing: the price of a car with a manual gearbox, other things being equal, is 30,000 - 50,000 rubles less.
• Cost-effectiveness of operating costs. Mechanics are cheaper to maintain, since it requires almost half the gear oil. In addition, mechanics repair is simpler, which, accordingly, is cheaper.
• Due to the fact that there are fewer oils in the box, it is easier to warm up in winter, which means it's easier to start a car.
• Automatic or mechanic - this question does not stand in front of fans of fast, sporty driving, since with a certain skill in shifting gears and tracking the torque, acceleration of the car with a manual transmission is faster.
• With a certain skill on the mechanic, you can achieve fuel economy, for example, when using a ride on the "neutral", "rolling".
• Well and some drivers, choosing, the automatic machine or mechanic, tend towards mechanics because of winter driving. In ice conditions, you can slow down by lowering the gear on a mechanical box.

Let's look at cars with automatic transmission. The technical thought of mankind does not stand still, and the mechanic has been replaced by an automaton. This mechanism itself decides when to switch the speed according to the algorithm of the program embedded in it. As with any innovation, the machine has advantages and disadvantages:

• The biggest advantage of automatic machines is the convenience for the driver: there is no need to be distracted by a series of successive actions to switch speeds - this will be done by the automatics. Automatic transmission is ideal for beginners, who used to burn several clutch discs, while driving experience was gained, as well as for women.
• In addition, one of the biggest problems of a beginner is the beginning of the movement up or down, for example, from a traffic light. With the automatic machine it is easy to make and to the most inexperienced driver.
• The life of the engine with automatic transmission is still significantly higher than in the case of a mechanical transmission, due to well thought-out gear changes at certain engine speeds.
• You can not consider the difficulty of driving with an automatic transmission in winter, since most modern cars are equipped with various systems of exchange rate stability, slippage, stabilization, etc.

In addition, the automatic transmission is improved, many manufacturers for fans of "pull the handle" add to the automatic transmission the "manual" mode, in which the car owner can lower or increase the transmission.

And finally, automakers invented a robotic gearbox and variator, which are designed to eliminate all the disadvantages of the machine, taking into account the advantages of the mechanical box.

So every car buyer should determine for himself what is preferable - an automaton or a mechanic.