manual transmission
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Toyota’s Future ‘Manual’ EVs Could Stall If You Mess Up
As it happens, not everyone emerges from the womb knowing how to drive a manual transmission, which, in most regular cars, involves pressing a clutch pedal and shifting the car into gear and then, as delicately as one can manage, easing up on the clutch quick but not too quick and giving the car a…
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Jeep Wrangler Engine Explodes After Owner Tows Vehicle In Gear And Revs It To 50,000 RPM
A 2021 Jeep Wrangler’s 3.6-litre V6 engine apparently tried revving to eight times its redline after the owner left the vehicle’s transfer case in low-range while flat-towing, The Drive reports. The resulting stresses tore the engine apart, yielding a scene that looks as if it might have been caused by a grenade.
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The New Nissan Z Sports Car Will Get One Very Important Thing Right
Nissan has a lot of problems to manage at the moment. The Japanese automaker seems to be taking the path of least resistance when it comes to facing enthusiasts’ loudest rallying cry because a teaser for the upcoming new Nissan Z prototype suggests the sports car is keeping a stick.
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Here’s My Idiotic Plan To Drive A Broken 418,000KM ‘Holy Grail Of Jeep Grand Cherokees’ Across The Country
I want to be upfront about this: My plan to fly to Colorado with two suitcases full of car parts and tools, repair my $1,000 “Holy Grail” Jeep Grand Cherokee’s significant mechanical problems and then drive the 260,000 mile (418,000 km) SUV 2,400 kilometres back to Michigan all in a span of four days is…