Yes. And if that's on a manual gearbox with no synchromesh then the skill to do it is rather useful.
Jonathan
Yes. And if that's on a manual gearbox with no synchromesh then the skill to do it is rather useful.
That's why learners are now taught that way.Jdsk wrote: ↑14 Jul 2021, 11:52amWhat's the connection, please?merseymouth wrote: ↑14 Jul 2021, 11:24amThese days folk are taught to avoid engine braking, but to use the brakes to reduce their road speed, hence far too many drivers do poor overtakes due to being in the inappropriate gear!
Engine braking is discouraged because braking with all road wheels makes it less likely that traction will be broken, and because modern brakes don't need to be protected from overheating and fading.
I'm going to have to learn to drive again!Jdsk wrote: ↑14 Jul 2021, 7:07pm
That's why learners are now taught that way.
And here's what an IAM provider recommends for... advanced motorists:
https://www.iam-bristol.org.uk/index.ph ... ears-to-go
Sometimes things change.
Jonathan
Not homologated to tow ......... anything.thirdcrank wrote: ↑14 Jul 2021, 6:59pm I'll save MICK F posting that a hybrid Yaris isn't approved for towing a caravan
Lets have the rust back too, a bit of welding and your car had another year on the road.merseymouth wrote: ↑15 Jul 2021, 6:48am Hi MickF, Wake up boy, concentrate! A "Mk1 Vauxhall Viva"? Dat be "HA", then came a "HB", followed by a "HC", Vauxhall never used the Mk tag.
Then they did the Chevette (Yuk) tag, weak, to sound like "Chevrolet Light"! Why not go back to Victor, Velox, Wyvern, Cresta? MM
As someone who in my youth often only bought quite old cars I thought that that was how Vauxhall’s came!francovendee wrote: ↑15 Jul 2021, 7:43amLets have the rust back too, a bit of welding and your car had another year on the road.merseymouth wrote: ↑15 Jul 2021, 6:48am Hi MickF, Wake up boy, concentrate! A "Mk1 Vauxhall Viva"? Dat be "HA", then came a "HB", followed by a "HC", Vauxhall never used the Mk tag.
Then they did the Chevette (Yuk) tag, weak, to sound like "Chevrolet Light"! Why not go back to Victor, Velox, Wyvern, Cresta? MM
Ex Vauxhall owner of a reliable rust bucket that rusted before your eyes. At the end it had patches on patches.
"Why can't some electric and hybrid cars tow?"
I'm well aware of HA and HB, and HC too .......... passed my driving test in an HC, and have rented one too.merseymouth wrote: ↑15 Jul 2021, 6:48am Hi MickF, Wake up boy, concentrate! A "Mk1 Vauxhall Viva"? Dat be "HA", then came a "HB", followed by a "HC", Vauxhall never used the Mk tag.
The Yaris 1.5 hybrid CVT has a... CVT. That's not a gearbox in the sense that it doesn't have discrete gears, but it is a mechanical equivalent for the same purpose: adjusting the speed and torque from an imperfect prime mover to match the requirements for moving the car relative to the surface of the earth. And whether they use gears or belts they take up space, and they have mass, and they waste power as heat because of their inherent efficiency.
There are many different types of automatic gearbox. Delay was common with systems that had torque converters such as the canonical Borg-Warner 35.