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Well American roads are pretty much straight apart from junctions and mountain roads...So no surprise you favour autos. In Europe insurance is what is killing autos...its a LOT more expensive in Britain for automatic insurance even though they are safer than manuals.
Automatic transmission question: when braking hard to prevent rear ending someone, is it bad for the transmission to be shifted to Neutral (to reduce whiplash)? Please respond.
Hey Scotty, I just finished up my first engine rebuild (83 Toyota pickup w/ the 22r). During the 500 mile break in period would it damage anything to take a 3 hour road trip even if I avoid highways in order to vary the rpm and engine load?
Taught my daughter to drive a manual, she even took her driver’s test in it - and passed! And later I discovered the clutch was bad! Very proud of her!
@@EbonyPope I just bought a manual civic because I always wanted to learn and I got it dirt cheap. 3 weeks now and I’m loving it, have gotten pretty good. I live in south Florida so no hills, only highways that’s about it
My mom always laughs and asks “why do you use your parking brake” in my 17 silverado, as she slams her suburban in park and it rocks back and forth 24 times on the prawl💀
@@GoaWay... puts it in park without fully stopping, really bad for the Parking pin. Also using the park brake is recommended to avoid the fatigue and possible barking of the barking pin, and of course to avoid roll backs on steeper terrain.
Truck driver for years now, and when they started mainstreaming the automatic transmissions in our industry, we thought oh hell, here we go, but, it turns out that it's much better then you would think! I had a truck years ago that got 4 to 6 miles to the gallon, and that was pretty standard (no pun intended), but now, these new transmissions get us 9 to 11, even loaded! Once you get past the control issue, and get comfortable with the truck doing the thinking for you, it's gets easier to deal with! Great video
I love Automatic Transmissions now that I am on my late 40s/ Back in the days, I only drive manual transmission vehicles including a Freightliner and Kenworth trucks. My first car was a Toyota SR5 1990.
Yes this is true. That’s why I wanna learn and drive stick so I can have my late 1960s f-150 that can be easily hot wired without worrying about someone stealing it.
@ThePatUltra My dad unfortunately does this in our 2014 Honda Accord. It's not hard to come to a complete stop before you put it in park but to be fair he keeps his foot on the brake the whole time so I'm not really sure if it's actually doing any harm. I still don't like how he does that though.
Finally learned what “dual clutch” means and how that contributes to faster shifts. Very concise and well-done summary of a very broad topic Scotty! Bravo! 👏🏻
My mom didn’t know there’s a things called transmission fluid, so she didn’t change it for 10 years. 10 years later when my mom went into the shop for a whole vehicle complete check, the transmission fluid turned its colour to total black. The mechanic guy told her that she was super close for destroying the car.
If the car had normal life-time mileage she got scammed. Transmission fluid turns color that doesn't mean its burned or done for. Most modern transmissions use sealed boxes with "life-time" fluid. Which only means until garanty if out. So about 150 000kms. I would change the transmission fluid around that on a car, 10 years or 125-150 000 kms. 50 000 km if you tow.
Bought a Chevy Malibu V6 a while back for $1k off of a used car lot. It could barely shift into reverse. Transmission fluid was black. Changed the fluid & filter, and it shifted seamlessly for the past 4 years with no issues. Overhauled the engine over the summer, and maintenanced the transmission at the recommended 30k mile mark. The fluid was pale brownish-red. Not bad, not great. Next change will be after 20k miles.
Water killed the transmission on dad's Audi while he was away on vacation. I detached the odometer cable for joyrides. He swore he'd never buy another Audi and switched to Lexus. I guess I did him a favor.
My brother would go down to the train station and steal my pops VW bug for joy rides. One time he went to return it and his spot was taken so he had to park it someplace else. One time us kids saw a VW bug that looked similar to our father's VW bug bouncing up and down going down this dirt road. Yup it was our father's car with my brother taking it for a joy ride.
Back in the early '90's I had to have the transmission on a "93 Lumina worked on. Picked it up and stopped at a gas station only to have all the transmission fluid leak out. They forgot to put the seals back in. Good ol' AAMCO.
Being able to drive stick is very helpful to be as a mechanic. Anyone can show up with any transmission, and it's nice to be able to actually drive any car that comes into the shop.
Additional tips: release or pull handbrake when its on Neutral, then safe to shift to the rest of gears you want. This tip is to prevent any damages on parking lock mechanism, so all the weight of the car is hold by emergency brake on priority. I was told by VW Audi Revo tuner long time ago.
I’ve been driving 30 years and just got my first automatic car last year and I love it. I can have it in full automatic for normal driving then when I find a good winding road I can flick it to manual and use the paddles and the gear change is so much faster than I could do manually because of the double clutch.
My manual came with hill assist so when it senses you are on a hill it applies the breaks until you get going. Its a neat feature and saves you from rolling into somebody behind you putting it into first.
It was weird figuring out why it wasn't rolling back coming from old VW beetles and saab 900s etc all the manuals I've ever driven but its definitely a good safety feature.
I recently sold a 5th gen Jetta with manual. Guy bought it to teach his kids to drive manual. I told him it's a real manual, no hill-holder. However, the new ones have that feature.
Meanwhile in texas... I broke down in Abilene a few years ago in an old 85 ramcharger, turns out the distributor got loose down the highway and I couldn't figure it out, anyway I left it on the side of the road and the next day it was gone. They broke the driver door open and tore up my ignition with a screwdriver, they then even got it running and drove it on a trailer and took it somewhere to unload all my belongings and then dump the truck back on the road, literally just let the straps loose and put it in neutral and watched it roll off onto the middle of the highway. I never had my passenger door to unlock but when I came to the wrecking yard both doors would open. Those guys where assholes, but they sure where badass assholes
Hello Scotty, grettings from Swiss. Is always a pleasure to watch your videos and listen religiously your honnest advices. In my case, i change prevently the colland fluid, breakes fluid, power steering fluid and transmission fluid every 60'000 kilometers (37'000 miles) or every 2-3 years. The same for the timing belt. The last 20 years Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Fiat, Opel, PSA group, VW group, they have a lot of problems. The timing belts broke down around 50'000 kms (31'000 miles). Just a few persons buying me an old car. They always says the cars are looking good. But after 2 years problems are starting, and they charge me for their own faults. That people just do not make the half of the maintenance i do. I explain them, but nothing change. Everyone have got the free choice. Take care Scotty. Have a nice route...
I drove a 21 speed dump truck, with a compound 3 speed shifter you held your arm through the steering wheel to shift both at the same time! Best truck transmission ever made. I even learned the heal toe shifting like the F1 old school drivers. Most do not even know what that is! Thank you Scotty. And the parking brake tip, is the safest and best way to save a transmission stop pin and your own life if it brakes or slips!
Whenever I park a car with an automatic transmission put the car in neutral apply the parking brake lift off the regular brake pedal to allow the wait to be held by the braking system before shifting into Park. I've always done it and have been told by many people that I will wear out my parking brake cable but I still haven't.
On an incline, that's certainly the best way to do it. Will it really affect the longevity of your AT? Probably not. Salt on your roads? The cable is more likely to bind. Ever break a parking pawl? Know anyone who drives correctly who has?
@@wholeNwon I've never had a parking break failure, but I've known people with auto and manual transmissions that put the strain on the drivetrain before applying the P-Brake. My parents were the first two and they rendered multiple P-Brake systems pointless. I'm never going to say "it won't happen to me" because it could, and might. I'll keep doing it my way because I'm as comfortable as one can be with today's quality control standards.
Back in the early '70s 'multi-tasking' was driving a 3-on-the-tree while lighting a cigarette, tuning your AM radio and not spilling a beer on your crotch. [Wink.] LOL! LOL! JMO.
BTW, back in those days driving along with an open beer was legal in my state. It was only after amateur drinkers (buzzed after two white wine spritzers) became aware of the law it was changed. SMH.
I just watched one of Scotty's videos last night that says IT IS A MYTH THAT YOU NEED TO WARM UP YOUR CAR BEFORE YOU DRIVE IT. He states emphatically that unless you are driving an "antique" car, you do not need to warm up your car before you drive it...yet in this video at 9:30 he says to warm it up...before you drive it hard, especially in the winter.
Definitely always engage that emergency brake when parking on an incline or decline. I damaged the trans in my 2007 beetle by not engaging the brake after parking on our driveway over the course of several years.
@@wholeNwon Oh, no. I don’t think it broke the pawl, but it could of. My trans did start slipping every so often though. So I don’t know what else could of caused it.
Good point about using the brake as well as the parking pawl. I have noticed over the years that when parked on a steep hill, the stress on the park pawl is so great it is brutal to get it out of park, sometimes with a bang. I now apply the parking brake FIRST while using the brake pedal to create good pressure, THEN put it in park. Then later when I want to go, I take it out of park FIRST then release the brake. In other words, I am using the park pawl as a safety net, and having the brake actually hold the car.
I gotta say that like automatic on long trips so i can pay better attention but I really love driving my manual 93 Honda del Sol. Wish you talk about best up-grades to make it faster. I love watching your videos!!
7:21 I worked in Detroit at Precision Honing that made those "Locking pins" They are called Parking Pawls. Its a pick that swings into your gears. I remade them for the Ford F-150 recall of peoples vehicles just rolling away back in 2014-2016. Ford installed batches of Pawls that were not endothermic gas heat treated & hardened at the other facility RMT woodworth I worked at.
When I was working at a Ford dealership I would get a lot of half sales (meaning splitting the sale) as I was one of the only few salesmen could drive a stick. Been driving sticks off and on since the 70's which included a three on a tree.
I find this almost incomprehensible. They were CAR SALESMEN, for goodness sake. IMHO, you do not learn to drive unless you can use a manual transmission. I had never driven an automatic car until I was 19.
My first job was at a Ford dealership in the dealer prep/recondition shop. I was 19 & already knew how to drive a stick! Imagine the owner's smile when he learned I knew manuals already. :D /I'll take that knowledge of a manual gearbox to my grave. It's a life's skill!
@@timsmith854 When the vast majority of the vehicles on the lot are automatics, the incentive is not there to learn to drive manuals. Unfortunately, this skill is dying.
I guess sales job would be mine over there if I get kicked out of my current job. Yet to sit in an automatic. Forget driving one. Proper shifting is an art, without punishing the transmission.
My daughter also took her drivers test with a manual. I am 71 and when I bought my last new car, a 2019 Corolla Hatchback, I made sure it had a 6 speed manual. A manual is more fun to drive and keeps my mind more active; I love it!
I'm european and never drove automatic until I moved to north america, and I didnt like it (they were kinda crap 20 years ago), until I bought a car with a modern sequential gearbox. I can switch gears when I want on specific roads, but I leave it automatic 90% of the time, in cities and highways, it really is the best of both worlds. I definitely do not miss a manual clutch at all. I would never buy a full automatic car though, I still want to decide what gear I am in on mountain roads.
I am glad that I do follow the basic protocol to keep your car going. EX; parking brake when parking up or down a hill and usually putting it in park when at a long red light. When giving my niece a driving lesson, she suddenly shifted gears from park to drive without putting her foot on the break. Took the keys away after that and started fresh the following day.
Hey! I just rode my bike through that part of SF today. My 68 Volvo 1800 has the parking brake on the LEFT so using it for driving on hills is much easier it frees your right hand for shifting. Another thing is on really steep hills you don’t have to shift to second gear just crawl up in first it saves your clutch.
@@pb4961 I have bmw x5 2008 , and I always shift in to neutral mostly everyday especially going downhills, its kinda fun for me but after wathcing this video , I'm afraid to use N anymore cause of transmission problems 😔. Can you help please
I bought my civic at 180000 miles and it was perfect. I didn’t think about parking it on a hill and using the e brake. At first it was okay but after 5000 miles it started to grind the gears. Ever since it’s done that I’ve used the ebrake I just never knew the automatic transmission hated that lol. But it’s a civic so the transmission still shifts like a dream.
As a person that's not a full-time mechanic but has worked with all kinds of mechanical things and doesn't know when to be afraid I had an interesting experience. Bought a 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac that had a shifting problem. Changed the filter first and that helped some however didn't cure the problem. Ended up changing the valve body gasket because the old one had a spot that was not keeping the channels sealed and the oil flow in the channel. Anyway thanks Scotty for your videos. Rev up your engines 😂
I learned how to drive using a stick shift truck and then drove a car with a manual transmission and loved them until later on when I purchased my first car and it had an automatic transmission in it. That is valuable information on the transmissions and I have never done most of what you talked about not doing when driving a vehicle with an automatic transmission. I still have a 1999 Ford Explorer and it works great and that is because I never abused the vehicle and changed the fluids like the company said I should.
Best way to protect a CVT transmission when parking is to put the car in neutral, put the parking break on, let off the brake so the weight is on the parking brake, then put the car in park.
Thank you, I was going to say the same thing. Except, why did you limit this process to CVTs? This suggestion should apply to ALL automatic transmissions. I believe this saves wear on the parking sprag. I always cringe if when taking the transmission out of “Park”, feel the resistance on the sprag as it slides, and then hearing the “thunk” as the pressure is released.
Manual manual manual ! I prefer a 5 speed manual . Scotty, you're the best , my mother grew up in San Francisco, got the heck out in the late 70's.. She made me , take my Mazda RX7 manual 5 speed to drive all over in San Francisco, " LOL " Nobhill it was , she said, " it's time for you to take the real driving test " .. Best mother ever ♡ , ill nvr forget that driving test in 1996, in horrible San Francisco traffic, blinker & suddenly getting in when no one will let you in , or have the courtesy to even let you over. The steep hill procedure, emergency break on, 1st gear , slowly take the emergency break off, as foot is on the clutch , & right foot on the gas, slowly inch her & go ! I remember, quite a few times killing the car, as I was being honked at .. ROTFL ... Now days , I'd nvr go to San Francisco, it's a run down ...... Today, my mom & I still talk about that forced trip she made me do, the real driving test in San Francisco, she even woke my butt up , at 4 am all for the " Real Driving Test .. True Story , & being 40, no driving infractions, but at least the 127mph, & 105mph from 2002 are off my record , same week same spot the Highway Patrol nabbed me.. Mon & a Wed .. each ticket was over 500$ bucks , now days they'll just throw your butt in jail .. Hahaha
Hi, from Northern California USA 😊... I was taught the correct way to operate / drive a car . Both manual and automatic. Thank for reassuring me that I was doing it right.
Scotty..You are an irreplaceable wealth of knowledge...(NOT sucking up!) I have a 2007 Subaru Legacy Special Edition wagon..It has an automatic transmission with a Sport Shifter. Brakes are cheap, tranny's are $$$$..Can I downshift in Sport mode when driving (especially to curb speed on downhill tarmacs in town) and be confident that I'm not causing premature transmission wear? This car has DEEP sentimental value and I want to keep it working well as long as I can...I used to use Sport mode all the time until I started viewing your channel...
I also like to switch between gears when driving in our Colorado mountain especially downhill and in traffic. Less need for continuous breaks, I see people drive on breaks all the times, and few times burning breaks truck drivers. That’s why we have ramp pit stops..
in 2019 some one put water in my gastank , i did not press on the neutral bouton on my ram and towed it . now my parking break is broken kind a rusted and have bin filling my 1500 truck with tons in hills and think i hit my tranny on the trail a couple time My Ram was made in Warrant Michigan thank you scotty you have done alot to open my eyes
Scotty, because you talking about shifting gears, I learned how to drive on a GMC CCKW, also known as "Jimmy" and also had to manage how to climb mountains and going through the mud, using its off-road capability on a 21⁄2-ton, 6×6 truck to get my drivers license in Austria and this was really fun as I am only 1.63 meters short. Many trucks were built without having any Synchron Rings back then, drive that on Europe's alpine unsealed roads in the seventies for living. I used my knee to hold the steering wheel so I could downshift the gear with one hand and operated the engine break with the other, not losing the momentum on engine power. I think I have a better reaction time span when driving an automatic with the left foot on the breaks and accelerate with my right foot.
Got a 2015 dodge dart around 120k miles. Runs great and shifts great. Changed the transmission fluid when I got it along with filters, plugs and other fluids when i got it and has me around 28-29mpg hwy which is still factory. Only down side is she burns about 1/2 a quart before every oil change at 5k miles. But i can live with that.
At 16 years old I was driving a '73 Olds Cutlass that had drum brakes. Went through some water and the car would not stop as I approached a stop light. So I put it in park. My dad about had a stroke. But the car stopped!
When I was growing up, they were called 'Emergency Brakes' because of a single hydraulic system master cylinder (Saved me a couple of times when main brakes failed.). Usually only people with manual transmissions used them when parking. It was much later when consoles became the norm they started calling them 'Parking Brakes', but many people didn't use them anyway. I became adept at releasing them when I worked at an auto auction and the internal cable seized due to rust. [Wink.] JMO.
I miss having a manual transmission. I am really bad at letting my car get close to empty before filling back up, but after seeing this video, I am going to start changing my ways. I also heard it is not good to top off on the fuel either. Once the pump clicks, remove it from the tank. Do not top off your gas.
I learned to drive in a "3 on the tree" 1960 Ford Falcon Wagon that had a 166 - inline six engine. When I bought my first car, I bought a 1963 Ford Falcon Sprint with a "4 on the floor with Hurst Shifter" and it packed a 260-V8 with a Holly 4 bbl and high rise cam......
I also park with my ebrake. When I park, I put it in neutral, engage the ebrake, let off the brake pedal, press the brake pedal and shift it to park. That way all the weight is on the ebrake and not the transmission. I learned this from Scotty himself years ago. Great little trick!
I live in Vermont where temperatures can dip to -20 and stay there all day, so its second nature to remote start your car or go out and start your car and let it run for 5 minutes. I always put my transmission in park at traffic lights and never let the fuel tank drop below 1/3.
Getting stuck in neutral! The old GM column shifters had a fiber disc that seperated the shifting rods under the hood. If they were worn and you shifted to neutral(like at a tollbooth) you might find the shifter would lock up. You then had to open the hood to reach in and unjam them. Fun times. 😥
Great Video Scotty. I have taught a couple of youngsters to drive manuals. One was 17 and he learned in the 2011 Mustang GT I had at the time and then drove my 347 stroker Supercharged 6 speed 1995 Mustang GTS. He is well versed in any manual trans car.
I had a 94 explorer with a ticking noise that was speed related. Everything else was fine. I took it to a local transmission shop and after a test drive the salesman said my transmission was about to quit. I thanked him and kept driving it. One day I checked the lug nuts and found them so loose that two studs were broken. Watch those criminals!!
Coasting in neutral will save fuel, however even though some transmissions were made with front and rear pumps they cheapened them over time and eliminated the rear pumps making them more likely to experience wear when coasting. Quite correct though that some control is lost in neutral and not all automatic transmissions allow you to shift back into your drive gear while moving.
I like manual AND automatic...for different reasons. Got a 2020 Camry XSE 4Cyl automatic right now. Let's see how many miles we can get. Highway driving. 45mins to and from work everyday.
When I drove buses in the 1970's, some models had a pre-selector gearbox. This type of gearbox is not mentioned here. There was even a 60cc BSA scooter called the Dandy that had a pre-selector gearbox.
Manuals are no fun in heavy traffic. However, the automatics now get better fuel economy and allow more distracted drivers on the highways. I do miss the stick.
@@scottpilgrim7589 congrats on your first car! Mine was also a manual. It's challenging but years down the road, you will be grateful that you put yourself through learning it
At 215k miles my Honda Accord would occasionally miss an upshift and engine would redline. After changing the transmission fluid (for the FIRST time), the problem went away. Now at 230k miles, no upshifts missed. I wouldn't have even thought of changing it without the knowledge of watching Scotty.
Yes, always use the parking brake. You can strip out the parking pawl. The pawl is made to PARK the transmission. NOT made to hold the weight of the vehicle. And letting the transmission build up pressure is true too. One time my brother in 20deg weather started up a Mercury Sable and put it in drive immediately. The car didn't start to move until about after 10 seconds of running to build up fluid pressure in the old AX4N. Always let your car run for about a minute before you start driving it. Especially if it's freezing 🥶 the oil's thicker let it warm up to thin out
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Well American roads are pretty much straight apart from junctions and mountain roads...So no surprise you favour autos. In Europe insurance is what is killing autos...its a LOT more expensive in Britain for automatic insurance even though they are safer than manuals.
Automatic transmission question: when braking hard to prevent rear ending someone, is it bad for the transmission to be shifted to Neutral (to reduce whiplash)? Please respond.
I live on Quarter Tank = Empty glad you agree scotty!
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Hey Scotty, I just finished up my first engine rebuild (83 Toyota pickup w/ the 22r). During the 500 mile break in period would it damage anything to take a 3 hour road trip even if I avoid highways in order to vary the rpm and engine load?
Taught my daughter to drive a manual, she even took her driver’s test in it - and passed! And later I discovered the clutch was bad! Very proud of her!
Here in Europe it's mandatory. As much as I like automatic when stuck in city traffic manual makes you a much better driver overall.
@@EbonyPope I just bought a manual civic because I always wanted to learn and I got it dirt cheap. 3 weeks now and I’m loving it, have gotten pretty good. I live in south Florida so no hills, only highways that’s about it
Good job! My father tought me when I was 16 years old.
@@Jp-gc6bh those are the perfect kind of cars to have with a manual. The old prelude si’s were fun as hell with one, you could turn on a dime.
Lol you tell the story like its highly unusual..most tests in Europe are manual..I like both
My mom always laughs and asks “why do you use your parking brake” in my 17 silverado, as she slams her suburban in park and it rocks back and forth 24 times on the prawl💀
Prawl? What is that? And why does she rick back and forth?
😂
@@GoaWay... puts it in park without fully stopping, really bad for the Parking pin. Also using the park brake is recommended to avoid the fatigue and possible barking of the barking pin, and of course to avoid roll backs on steeper terrain.
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@@shadowwin7272 oh. 🙂 Thank you.
Truck driver for years now, and when they started mainstreaming the automatic transmissions in our industry, we thought oh hell, here we go, but, it turns out that it's much better then you would think! I had a truck years ago that got 4 to 6 miles to the gallon, and that was pretty standard (no pun intended), but now, these new transmissions get us 9 to 11, even loaded! Once you get past the control issue, and get comfortable with the truck doing the thinking for you, it's gets easier to deal with! Great video
No clutch knee.
I love manual in my cars but when you have to do it for work you might as well make your job as easy as possible
I love Automatic Transmissions now that I am on my late 40s/ Back in the days, I only drive manual transmission vehicles including a Freightliner and Kenworth trucks. My first car was a Toyota SR5 1990.
Manual transmission is an ultimate anti-theft device in the US 😂
Damn bro, a joke from 2005. Feeling like old RUclips in here.
If you dont drive stick are you really a car thief though? Real thiefs even know how to drive blind
LOL I remember something like this happening once. It was reported in the news in 2017-2018. Wish I could remember the details.
Yes this is true. That’s why I wanna learn and drive stick so I can have my late 1960s f-150 that can be easily hot wired without worrying about someone stealing it.
@@mad-mason0319 I'm pretty sure Scotty could easily teach us how to do it 😂
Whale oil was also used in margarine until it was replaced by transfats. Whale oil was much healthier, except for the whale.
Whale isn't that special?!
@@phatgringo2.0 Booooo!🍅🍅
Better to use butter without the unhealthy canola oil in it.
Margarine is 1 molecule away from being a plastic.
"transfats"? OK, I painted a totally different picture there.............
@@broeheem2804 ....and now i can't get the picture out of my head. You bastard😆
I admit, I was switching from D to R quite quick and often, especially when stuck in the snow. Not anymore. Thank you Scotty!
@ThePatUltra My dad unfortunately does this in our 2014 Honda Accord. It's not hard to come to a complete stop before you put it in park but to be fair he keeps his foot on the brake the whole time so I'm not really sure if it's actually doing any harm. I still don't like how he does that though.
I would always put my automatic on neutral when I’m coasting down a freeway at 70mph, glad I watched
I once did that at work with the company vehicle SMH
A lot of people do this. I never understood why. It's common sense.
Winter tyres are less expensive than a transmission 👍
Finally learned what “dual clutch” means and how that contributes to faster shifts. Very concise and well-done summary of a very broad topic Scotty! Bravo! 👏🏻
I use to drive a 67 bug in San Francisco. Those hills were brutal.
Sh- man I took an uber a couple times in SF... felt my stomach drop at least a dozen times on one trip.
I saw you in the movie "Bullitt" in the chase scene. A green one, wasn't it?
@@jtandme-ot9cl lol!!!
Most fun I ever had was driving my 1960 VW bus in San Francisco. Talk about a vehicle made for those Hills!
@@sw7366 My dad still has a 63 Bus, I dont know how those hippies drove those suckers in the city. Lol
Scotty would’ve been a better “Mater” voice actor for the “Cars” franchise
Scotty doesn’t have the sound of someone who’s of “ semi average intelligence “
Best car RUclipsr ever! Honesty is all it takes! Another legendary video from Scotty
My mom didn’t know there’s a things called transmission fluid, so she didn’t change it for 10 years. 10 years later when my mom went into the shop for a whole vehicle complete check, the transmission fluid turned its colour to total black. The mechanic guy told her that she was super close for destroying the car.
If the car had normal life-time mileage she got scammed. Transmission fluid turns color that doesn't mean its burned or done for. Most modern transmissions use sealed boxes with "life-time" fluid. Which only means until garanty if out. So about 150 000kms. I would change the transmission fluid around that on a car, 10 years or 125-150 000 kms. 50 000 km if you tow.
Change fluid on a regular basis
Bought a Chevy Malibu V6 a while back for $1k off of a used car lot. It could barely shift into reverse. Transmission fluid was black. Changed the fluid & filter, and it shifted seamlessly for the past 4 years with no issues. Overhauled the engine over the summer, and maintenanced the transmission at the recommended 30k mile mark. The fluid was pale brownish-red. Not bad, not great. Next change will be after 20k miles.
Water killed the transmission on dad's Audi while he was away on vacation. I detached the odometer cable for joyrides. He swore he'd never buy another Audi and switched to Lexus. I guess I did him a favor.
water in the odo hole or
My brother would go down to the train station and steal my pops VW bug for joy rides. One time he went to return it and his spot was taken so he had to park it someplace else. One time us kids saw a VW bug that looked similar to our father's VW bug bouncing up and down going down this dirt road. Yup it was our father's car with my brother taking it for a joy ride.
Back in the early '90's I had to have the transmission on a "93 Lumina worked on. Picked it up and stopped at a gas station only to have all the transmission fluid leak out. They forgot to put the seals back in. Good ol' AAMCO.
I was trans-curious. This answers all my questions.
Ha ha! NICE!
You sly fox. Never let us down
Man thats a good one
All lives matter. There are only two genders
@@josuemelendez8722 Move along
Can’t get enough of these Informative type videos Scotty!
Being able to drive stick is very helpful to be as a mechanic.
Anyone can show up with any transmission, and it's nice to be able to actually drive any car that comes into the shop.
Those documentaries are the best type of content from Scotty.
Additional tips: release or pull handbrake when its on Neutral, then safe to shift to the rest of gears you want. This tip is to prevent any damages on parking lock mechanism, so all the weight of the car is hold by emergency brake on priority. I was told by VW Audi Revo tuner long time ago.
I’ve been driving 30 years and just got my first automatic car last year and I love it. I can have it in full automatic for normal driving then when I find a good winding road I can flick it to manual and use the paddles and the gear change is so much faster than I could do manually because of the double clutch.
My manual came with hill assist so when it senses you are on a hill it applies the breaks until you get going. Its a neat feature and saves you from rolling into somebody behind you putting it into first.
Must have been a Subaru
@@avdavy3733 Ford Fiesta St, close. 😂
It was weird figuring out why it wasn't rolling back coming from old VW beetles and saab 900s etc all the manuals I've ever driven but its definitely a good safety feature.
I recently sold a 5th gen Jetta with manual. Guy bought it to teach his kids to drive manual. I told him it's a real manual, no hill-holder. However, the new ones have that feature.
Nothing new. Studebaker had it back in the 50's and maybe
even other car manufactures.
Manuals can also be left unlocked due to nobody being able to drive them in 2021
lol true
This is true provided you leave nothing of personal value in sight!!!
@@nathanbaribeau2833 those junkies in rochester will snatch bags of dog food and bottles of soda out of your car. first hand experience.
My friend had a friend in high school who always left his Mustang unlocked because it was a manual. So, my friend goes and takes the car. Lol
Meanwhile in texas... I broke down in Abilene a few years ago in an old 85 ramcharger, turns out the distributor got loose down the highway and I couldn't figure it out, anyway I left it on the side of the road and the next day it was gone. They broke the driver door open and tore up my ignition with a screwdriver, they then even got it running and drove it on a trailer and took it somewhere to unload all my belongings and then dump the truck back on the road, literally just let the straps loose and put it in neutral and watched it roll off onto the middle of the highway. I never had my passenger door to unlock but when I came to the wrecking yard both doors would open. Those guys where assholes, but they sure where badass assholes
Hello Scotty, grettings from Swiss. Is always a pleasure to watch your videos and listen religiously your honnest advices.
In my case, i change prevently the colland fluid, breakes fluid, power steering fluid and transmission fluid every 60'000 kilometers (37'000 miles) or every 2-3 years. The same for the timing belt.
The last 20 years Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Fiat, Opel, PSA group, VW group, they have a lot of problems. The timing belts broke down around 50'000 kms (31'000 miles).
Just a few persons buying me an old car. They always says the cars are looking good. But after 2 years problems are starting, and they charge me for their own faults. That people just do not make the half of the maintenance i do.
I explain them, but nothing change. Everyone have got the free choice.
Take care Scotty. Have a nice route...
I always get picked on for letting my car warm up before driving off. Don’t care...
Same here and the fact that my number one checklist for a new car is I need a manual. Don’t care I’m a dying breed
@@brightsydebill8410 Not a dying breed, a surviving one
I love my remote starter for this reason. I've had one since about 2002 and never want to be without one.
I always do this, for both my truck and car. Trucks automatic and my coupes a stick
Just let it build oil pressure and ur good
Graphics for Scotty's videos are always awesome. From laughing horses to beautiful transmission animations. Thank you for the great quality.
Taught my wife how to drive a manual when we were dating. Been married for 29 years now so I guess that’s the key to marital bliss. 🤪
Yep. They become very proficient in rowing the knob😉😉😉😉
She kept other guys away LMAO
She probably cheated once or twice 🤪🤪🤪🤪
You sound wierd lol
You have a successful marriage bro.
I drove a 21 speed dump truck, with a compound 3 speed shifter you held your arm through the steering wheel to shift both at the same time! Best truck transmission ever made. I even learned the heal toe shifting like the F1 old school drivers. Most do not even know what that is!
Thank you Scotty. And the parking brake tip, is the safest and best way to save a transmission stop pin and your own life if it brakes or slips!
Whenever I park a car with an automatic transmission put the car in neutral apply the parking brake lift off the regular brake pedal to allow the wait to be held by the braking system before shifting into Park. I've always done it and have been told by many people that I will wear out my parking brake cable but I still haven't.
Nice, same here!
On an incline, that's certainly the best way to do it. Will it really affect the longevity of your AT? Probably not. Salt on your roads? The cable is more likely to bind. Ever break a parking pawl? Know anyone who drives correctly who has?
@@wholeNwon I've never had a parking break failure, but I've known people with auto and manual transmissions that put the strain on the drivetrain before applying the P-Brake. My parents were the first two and they rendered multiple P-Brake systems pointless. I'm never going to say "it won't happen to me" because it could, and might. I'll keep doing it my way because I'm as comfortable as one can be with today's quality control standards.
@@wholeNwon I don't get the last two questions. I don't understand "pall" in this context.
@@TA_Plus_Hemi Sorry, pawl.
Back in the early '70s 'multi-tasking' was driving a 3-on-the-tree while lighting a cigarette, tuning your AM radio and not spilling a beer on your crotch. [Wink.] LOL! LOL! JMO.
Oh man, I remember those days! Lmfao 😂
BTW, back in those days driving along with an open beer was legal in my state. It was only after amateur drinkers (buzzed after two white wine spritzers) became aware of the law it was changed. SMH.
Damn, I feel you know me. 67 Fairlane, bench seats, 3 on the tree. Same with my 79 F150!
With your 30.06 hanging in the back window.
All without a seatbelt and yelling the kids.
I admit, I love my manual, and there are a ton of Do's and Don'ts with that trans/clutch as well.
I just watched one of Scotty's videos last night that says IT IS A MYTH THAT YOU NEED TO WARM UP YOUR CAR BEFORE YOU DRIVE IT. He states emphatically that unless you are driving an "antique" car, you do not need to warm up your car before you drive it...yet in this video at 9:30 he says to warm it up...before you drive it hard, especially in the winter.
Definitely always engage that emergency brake when parking on an incline or decline. I damaged the trans in my 2007 beetle by not engaging the brake after parking on our driveway over the course of several years.
Really? You broke the parking pawl?
@@wholeNwon I don’t know what a “parking pall” is.
@@Puggy42069 Sorry, pawl.
@@wholeNwon Oh, no. I don’t think it broke the pawl, but it could of. My trans did start slipping every so often though. So I don’t know what else could of caused it.
@@Puggy42069 Sounds more like a clutch plate wear issue or bad shift solenoid. ATF changed when it should have been? Correct fluid? Old?
Good point about using the brake as well as the parking pawl.
I have noticed over the years that when parked on a steep hill, the stress on the park pawl is so great it is brutal to get it out of park, sometimes with a bang. I now apply the parking brake FIRST while using the brake pedal to create good pressure, THEN put it in park. Then later when I want to go, I take it out of park FIRST then release the brake. In other words, I am using the park pawl as a safety net, and having the brake actually hold the car.
I gotta say that like automatic on long trips so i can pay better attention but I really love driving my manual 93 Honda del Sol. Wish you talk about best up-grades to make it faster. I love watching your videos!!
7:21 I worked in Detroit at Precision Honing that made those "Locking pins" They are called Parking Pawls. Its a pick that swings into your gears. I remade them for the Ford F-150 recall of peoples vehicles just rolling away back in 2014-2016. Ford installed batches of Pawls that were not endothermic gas heat treated & hardened at the other facility RMT woodworth I worked at.
When I was working at a Ford dealership I would get a lot of half sales (meaning splitting the sale) as I was one of the only few salesmen could drive a stick. Been driving sticks off and on since the 70's which included a three on a tree.
I find this almost incomprehensible. They were CAR SALESMEN, for goodness sake. IMHO, you do not learn to drive unless you can use a manual transmission. I had never driven an automatic car until I was 19.
4 speed was my first car.81 Plymouth
My first job was at a Ford dealership in the dealer prep/recondition shop. I was 19 & already knew how to drive a stick! Imagine the owner's smile when he learned I knew manuals already. :D
/I'll take that knowledge of a manual gearbox to my grave. It's a life's skill!
@@timsmith854 When the vast majority of the vehicles on the lot are automatics, the incentive is not there to learn to drive manuals. Unfortunately, this skill is dying.
I guess sales job would be mine over there if I get kicked out of my current job. Yet to sit in an automatic. Forget driving one. Proper shifting is an art, without punishing the transmission.
My daughter also took her drivers test with a manual. I am 71 and when I bought my last new car, a 2019 Corolla Hatchback, I made sure it had a 6 speed manual. A manual is more fun to drive and keeps my mind more active; I love it!
Scotty is excellent 👍 in giving 🗝️ key driving facts ! The 5 points are important !
I'm european and never drove automatic until I moved to north america, and I didnt like it (they were kinda crap 20 years ago), until I bought a car with a modern sequential gearbox. I can switch gears when I want on specific roads, but I leave it automatic 90% of the time, in cities and highways, it really is the best of both worlds. I definitely do not miss a manual clutch at all. I would never buy a full automatic car though, I still want to decide what gear I am in on mountain roads.
Another fantastic video and tutorial. Appreciate your efforts in making these videos I look forward to the next one!
I am glad that I do follow the basic protocol to keep your car going. EX; parking brake when parking up or down a hill and usually putting it in park when at a long red light. When giving my niece a driving lesson, she suddenly shifted gears from park to drive without putting her foot on the break. Took the keys away after that and started fresh the following day.
Nothing makes my day more than learning more from you then I ever have in school 🙌
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Like ramming it into park and reverse at 40 mph? A friend did it to a rental decades ago a 70’s Camaro and it still works
The professor Scotty. We learn. Please RUclips archive these videos for future generations.
Hey! I just rode my bike through that part of SF today.
My 68 Volvo 1800 has the parking brake on the LEFT so using it for driving on hills is much easier it frees your right hand for shifting. Another thing is on really steep hills you don’t have to shift to second gear just crawl up in first it saves your clutch.
i shift to N when down hill. now i know i won't do it again. thank you 🙏🏻
Same. I do that too. Won't do it anymore.
@@IJoeAceJRI hahaha how much fuel do you think you're saving?
@@IJoeAceJRI well hey, you're doing a lot better than me in a Tacoma at 18mpg in california where gas is average $4.19 per gallon currently
@@pb4961 I have bmw x5 2008 , and I always shift in to neutral mostly everyday especially going downhills, its kinda fun for me but after wathcing this video , I'm afraid to use N anymore cause of transmission problems 😔. Can you help please
I bought my civic at 180000 miles and it was perfect. I didn’t think about parking it on a hill and using the e brake. At first it was okay but after 5000 miles it started to grind the gears. Ever since it’s done that I’ve used the ebrake I just never knew the automatic transmission hated that lol. But it’s a civic so the transmission still shifts like a dream.
Not a horror story from these things, but I've had a transmission go out in a mini van before... Felt like i ran over a person cause it exploded.
It must have been a Chrysler or a Ford.
dang glad you lived thru it....God Bless
I had one fail on a freeway at 80 mph. Car downshifted from 5th to 2nd and I went off the road! Fixed and dumped a few weeks later.
Moms Ford van blew the transmission twice
Chrysler or Honda Odyssey
As a person that's not a full-time mechanic but has worked with all kinds of mechanical things and doesn't know when to be afraid I had an interesting experience. Bought a 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac that had a shifting problem. Changed the filter first and that helped some however didn't cure the problem. Ended up changing the valve body gasket because the old one had a spot that was not keeping the channels sealed and the oil flow in the channel. Anyway thanks Scotty for your videos. Rev up your engines 😂
I learned how to drive using a stick shift truck and then drove a car with a manual transmission and loved them until later on when I purchased my first car and it had an automatic transmission in it. That is valuable information on the transmissions and I have never done most of what you talked about not doing when driving a vehicle with an automatic transmission. I still have a 1999 Ford Explorer and it works great and that is because I never abused the vehicle and changed the fluids like the company said I should.
Best way to protect a CVT transmission when parking is to put the car in neutral, put the parking break on, let off the brake so the weight is on the parking brake, then put the car in park.
The best way to protect a CVT Transmission is to not have one. the recent class action lawsuit against Ford Motor Company is proof of that.
True
Best way to get most life from CVT transmission, is to change filter
and fluid every 35,000 miles. Much cheaper than having to replace.
Thank you, I was going to say the same thing. Except, why did you limit this process to CVTs? This suggestion should apply to ALL automatic transmissions.
I believe this saves wear on the parking sprag. I always cringe if when taking the transmission out of “Park”, feel the resistance on the sprag as it slides, and then hearing the “thunk” as the pressure is released.
I like where Scotty's channel is heading it's been a long time since I've watched a video from him, good work!
Great video Scotty
Manual manual manual ! I prefer a 5 speed manual . Scotty, you're the best , my mother grew up in San Francisco, got the heck out in the late 70's.. She made me , take my Mazda RX7 manual 5 speed to drive all over in San Francisco, " LOL " Nobhill it was , she said, " it's time for you to take the real driving test " .. Best mother ever ♡ , ill nvr forget that driving test in 1996, in horrible San Francisco traffic, blinker & suddenly getting in when no one will let you in , or have the courtesy to even let you over. The steep hill procedure, emergency break on, 1st gear , slowly take the emergency break off, as foot is on the clutch , & right foot on the gas, slowly inch her & go ! I remember, quite a few times killing the car, as I was being honked at .. ROTFL ... Now days , I'd nvr go to San Francisco, it's a run down ...... Today, my mom & I still talk about that forced trip she made me do, the real driving test in San Francisco, she even woke my butt up , at 4 am all for the " Real Driving Test .. True Story , & being 40, no driving infractions, but at least the 127mph, & 105mph from 2002 are off my record , same week same spot the Highway Patrol nabbed me.. Mon & a Wed .. each ticket was over 500$ bucks , now days they'll just throw your butt in jail .. Hahaha
Skip to 6:35 for the Do’s and Dont’s.
Hi, from Northern California USA 😊... I was taught the correct way to operate / drive a car . Both manual and automatic. Thank for reassuring me that I was doing it right.
Ive never done any of these but good to know!
Before watching this I’m guessing I’ve done most :(
Never mind I’m only guilty on the gas part
I usually keep my automatic in 3rd gear while driving in the city...I also tend to lower gears from 3,2,1 when decelerate vice versa
I really learn something new.
Thank you.
Scotty..You are an irreplaceable wealth of knowledge...(NOT sucking up!) I have a 2007 Subaru Legacy Special Edition wagon..It has an automatic transmission with a Sport Shifter. Brakes are cheap, tranny's are $$$$..Can I downshift in Sport mode when driving (especially to curb speed on downhill tarmacs in town) and be confident that I'm not causing premature transmission wear? This car has DEEP sentimental value and I want to keep it working well as long as I can...I used to use Sport mode all the time until I started viewing your channel...
Always loved Automatics! I just love the Convenience and Logic behind it! Also very fascinated by how they work too
I also like to switch between gears when driving in our Colorado mountain especially downhill and in traffic. Less need for continuous breaks, I see people drive on breaks all the times, and few times burning breaks truck drivers. That’s why we have ramp pit stops..
So I guess neutral drops are fine, since you didn't mention it.
in 2019 some one put water in my gastank , i did not press on the neutral bouton on my ram and towed it . now my parking break is broken kind a rusted and have bin filling my 1500 truck with tons in hills and think i hit my tranny on the trail a couple time My Ram was made in Warrant Michigan
thank you scotty you have done alot to open my eyes
I hope you have time to make more of these type of videos.
Scotty, because you talking about shifting gears, I learned how to drive on a GMC CCKW, also known as "Jimmy" and also had to manage how to climb mountains and going through the mud, using its off-road capability on a 21⁄2-ton, 6×6 truck to get my drivers license in Austria and this was really fun as I am only 1.63 meters short. Many trucks were built without having any Synchron Rings back then, drive that on Europe's alpine unsealed roads in the seventies for living. I used my knee to hold the steering wheel so I could downshift the gear with one hand and operated the engine break with the other, not losing the momentum on engine power. I think I have a better reaction time span when driving an automatic with the left foot on the breaks and accelerate with my right foot.
Perhaps in a follow-up video you could cover the use of lower gears on the automatic.
Got a 2015 dodge dart around 120k miles. Runs great and shifts great. Changed the transmission fluid when I got it along with filters, plugs and other fluids when i got it and has me around 28-29mpg hwy which is still factory. Only down side is she burns about 1/2 a quart before every oil change at 5k miles. But i can live with that.
At 16 years old I was driving a '73 Olds Cutlass that had drum brakes. Went through some water and the car would not stop as I approached a stop light. So I put it in park. My dad about had a stroke. But the car stopped!
When I was growing up, they were called 'Emergency Brakes' because of a single hydraulic system master cylinder (Saved me a couple of times when main brakes failed.). Usually only people with manual transmissions used them when parking. It was much later when consoles became the norm they started calling them 'Parking Brakes', but many people didn't use them anyway. I became adept at releasing them when I worked at an auto auction and the internal cable seized due to rust. [Wink.] JMO.
I love manual. I learned in my moms 87 Chevy.
I miss having a manual transmission. I am really bad at letting my car get close to empty before filling back up, but after seeing this video, I am going to start changing my ways. I also heard it is not good to top off on the fuel either. Once the pump clicks, remove it from the tank. Do not top off your gas.
Awesome Scotty!
I learned to drive in a "3 on the tree" 1960 Ford Falcon Wagon that had a 166 - inline six engine.
When I bought my first car, I bought a 1963 Ford Falcon Sprint with a "4 on the floor with Hurst Shifter" and it packed a 260-V8 with a Holly 4 bbl and high rise cam......
Hello scotty you always have great information
I also park with my ebrake. When I park, I put it in neutral, engage the ebrake, let off the brake pedal, press the brake pedal and shift it to park. That way all the weight is on the ebrake and not the transmission. I learned this from Scotty himself years ago. Great little trick!
Here in Florida a manual just sucks, way to much traffic!
I live in Vermont where temperatures can dip to -20 and stay there all day, so its second nature to remote start your car or go out and start your car and let it run for 5 minutes. I always put my transmission in park at traffic lights and never let the fuel tank drop below 1/3.
Getting stuck in neutral!
The old GM column shifters had a fiber disc that seperated the shifting rods under the hood. If they were worn and you shifted to neutral(like at a tollbooth) you might find the shifter would lock up. You then had to open the hood to reach in and unjam them. Fun times. 😥
Great Video Scotty. I have taught a couple of youngsters to drive manuals. One was 17 and he learned in the 2011 Mustang GT I had at the time and then drove my 347 stroker Supercharged 6 speed 1995 Mustang GTS. He is well versed in any manual trans car.
I like manuals. Better power delivery and control. Great vid, Scotty.
Scotty: this type of video is by far and away my favorite. Keep them up please!
Best You Tube channel in the world . To the point and smart . You are the Man Scotty !
The not coasting in neutral is model dependent. Some transmissions run the pump in neutral.
I live in the UK, and have watched your 2 videos on how to drive a Manual. I need to watch the video, on "How to drive An Automatic car."
I had a 94 explorer with a ticking noise that was speed related. Everything else was fine.
I took it to a local transmission shop and after a test drive the salesman said my transmission was about to quit.
I thanked him and kept driving it.
One day I checked the lug nuts and found them so loose that two studs were broken.
Watch those criminals!!
I always use my parking brake when my truck is parked on an incline. But never on level ground. I don't see the necessity.
I always park a manual and leave it in gear, just in case the parking brake fails.
Coasting in neutral will save fuel, however even though some transmissions were made with front and rear pumps they cheapened them over time and eliminated the rear pumps making them more likely to experience wear when coasting.
Quite correct though that some control is lost in neutral and not all automatic transmissions allow you to shift back into your drive gear while moving.
Keep making these videos!!!!
I like manual AND automatic...for different reasons. Got a 2020 Camry XSE 4Cyl automatic right now. Let's see how many miles we can get. Highway driving. 45mins to and from work everyday.
Is your Camry Hybrid?
I love manual transmissions. I have both manual and automatic.
When I drove buses in the 1970's, some models had a pre-selector gearbox. This type of gearbox is not mentioned here.
There was even a 60cc BSA scooter called the Dandy that had a pre-selector gearbox.
Love the yellow Pantera graphic!
My first 4 runner was stick, had a Corolla for 12 years then I got the stick 4 Runner-for 14 years now I have a Manuel 4 runner for 17 years so far. 👍
Manuals are no fun in heavy traffic. However, the automatics now get better fuel economy and allow more distracted drivers on the highways. I do miss the stick.
Stop and start traffic will make you wish for an automatic
@@OtherDalfite I just got a manual and stop an start traffic is my worst nightmare
@@scottpilgrim7589 haha yes. Starting is easily the hardest part of driving a manual. You will get the hang of it before too long
@@OtherDalfite Yeah it truly is the hardest part, but I think I already got it down pretty good in only 3 hours worth of driving my first manual car
@@scottpilgrim7589 congrats on your first car! Mine was also a manual. It's challenging but years down the road, you will be grateful that you put yourself through learning it
This is such an incredible video about the most complicated part of your vehicle!
What about downshifting on long hills rather than using brakes?
At 215k miles my Honda Accord would occasionally miss an upshift and engine would redline. After changing the transmission fluid (for the FIRST time), the problem went away. Now at 230k miles, no upshifts missed. I wouldn't have even thought of changing it without the knowledge of watching Scotty.
I had a 1985 Buick Grand National that went through transmissions faster than tires. Typical GM of the day.
Yes, always use the parking brake. You can strip out the parking pawl. The pawl is made to PARK the transmission. NOT made to hold the weight of the vehicle. And letting the transmission build up pressure is true too. One time my brother in 20deg weather started up a Mercury Sable and put it in drive immediately. The car didn't start to move until about after 10 seconds of running to build up fluid pressure in the old AX4N. Always let your car run for about a minute before you start driving it. Especially if it's freezing 🥶 the oil's thicker let it warm up to thin out