That would bug me a bit... I like sitting at intersections with my foot off
the brake in my manual... It would be nice if stuff like that was
configurable, even if it was with something you had to go to the dealership
for, or use something like an OBDII scanner.

On 2/23/07, Lee Jones <lee@frumble.claremont.edu> wrote:
>
> >> There's CVT too
>
> > An engineer friend that works at ford told me [...] model with CVT
> >
> > The computer that controls it revs the engine at preconfigured "shift
> > points"  to reduce the odd feeling all their study participants felt
> > while driving or merely riding in it.  The constant acceleration force
> > is a _very_ different feeling from a normal ATX which has a ramping
> >
> > So we've been programmed, apparently, to need that shifting feeling.
>
> Another example of building a product to match user programming...
>
> I used to commute with a friend in his Prius hybrid car.  I have
> driven it.  [This is the US version with automatic transmission.]
>
> When the vehicle is halted (e.g. stopped at a red light), computer
> shuts down the gasoline engine.  If you ease your foot off of the
> brake pedel, the computer uses the electric motor to cause the car
> to creep forward ... since that's what a gasoline engine powered
> car with an automatic transmission does.
>
>                                                Lee Jones
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