Nowadays, almost all cars are automatic, and there are fewer and fewer manual transmissions. Believe it or not, if you go to a car show, you can find a few manual transmissions among the thousands of cars.

Today, with the rapid progress and development of science and technology, the automotive industry has undergone earth-shaking changes. I still remember that 15 years ago, manual transmission cars were everywhere, and any taxi on the street was manual transmission. At that time, automatic transmission cars were very expensive, any one was hundreds of thousands, and only some high-end models had it. Nowadays, almost all private cars are automatic, and even the online car-hailing and taxis on the street, you can't find a few manual transmissions.

I have to admit that the manual transmission has been washed to the edge by the torrent of the development of the times, and now it is uncertain whether it is life or death. Although automatic transmission cars have become the mainstream of this era, we have to admit that manual transmission cars will not be eliminated in the near future. There are so few people who buy manual transmission cars, why haven't they been eliminated? The mechanic named 4 reasons

1. The design of manual transmission cars is simple and very durable

手動擋汽車的變速箱設計和構造比自動擋簡單得多，普通的一輛手動擋汽車，隨便開個20萬公里都沒有大修，甚至有的發動機螺絲都沒有動過一顆，除了正常換機油、刹車油，換離合器片和剎車片等易損件之外，其他的都沒有拆過。在汽修行業，這些配件都屬於正常磨損更換，算不上修車。

2. Manual transmission cars are very fuel-efficient

Cars with manual transmissions are very fuel-efficient, which is already a well-known thing in the automotive industry. Manual transmission car shift is to step on the accelerator on demand, the gear "instant cut", this coordinated shift mode of fuel consumption is very good, you can step on the accelerator on demand according to the engine speed, instant shift.

And the automatic transmission car is a "fool-proof" shift, you just step on the accelerator and leave the savings to the automatic transmission. Although this type of gear change is intelligent, it cannot be precisely controlled, unlike manual transmissions, which can be cut in at the right time.

3. Manual transmission cars are cheap to maintain

手動擋變速箱結構簡單，所以維修起來也非常便宜。正常換一個離合器片，最多也就500元，實際上，絕大多數手動擋汽車的離合器片300-400塊錢就能解決，這還包含了工時費。而自動擋就不一樣了，隨便換一個變速箱電腦都要3000元左右，這還只是10萬元的家用車，如果是幾十上百萬的豪華轎車，變速箱修起來動輒幾萬，都可以買一輛手動擋汽車了。

4. In the field of trucks, manual transmission is still the mainstream

Although automatic transmissions are widely used in the field of private cars, in the field of trucks, they are basically in a state of "sporadic configuration". As we all know, there are not many trucks equipped with automatic transmissions, and most of them are manual transmissions.

The reason why the vast majority of trucks are equipped with manual transmission gearboxes is, in the final analysis, fuel-efficient, durable and cheap to maintain. The purpose of the truck is to transport goods, and the core components such as the engine and gearbox work for a long time and are easy to break, so the durability and maintenance costs must be considered, and the manual transmission car just meets these requirements.

In addition, for trucks, fuel costs will also have a great impact on operating costs, and manual transmission is fuel-efficient, so it has naturally become the choice of many car companies. The reason why manual transmission cars will not be eliminated is that it occupies an absolute advantage in many aspects, and these advantages, automatic transmission simply can't do. I don't think manual transmission cars will be eliminated for quite some time. Do you have any comments or opinions on this?

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