punpirate
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Mon Apr-04-05 12:37 AM
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7. Mostly because it's the difference... |
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... between having a clutch and a torque converter. The torque converter in an automatic transmission is made to have some slippage at lower speeds (although newer ones have what is known as lock-up at higher speeds which positively engages the engine to the transmission).
The clutch in a manual transmission positively engages all the time the car is moving (unless you disengage it to shift gears), so all the engine power available at a given rpm is transmitted to move the car.
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