More often than not, motorists think of their engines as the motivating force behind their vehicles’ operation. While it is true that a vehicle’s engine produces the necessary output, a transmission is required to direct this output to a vehicle’s … Read more
If you drive a vehicle with a manual transmission, it has a clutch. You know all about depressing the clutch to shift gears, but when everything isn’t shifting the way it should, what does it mean? Well, one potential reason … Read more
The purchase of a vehicle could easily be classified as an investment of sorts. We pay a substantial amount of money for our vehicles up front, in exchange for reliable transportation for years to come. This transportation allows us, as … Read more
Though automatic transmissions continue to grow in popularity, many motorists still enjoy the art of shifting gears, while traveling from Point-A to Point-B. For this reason, the manual transmission continues to retain a certain degree of popularity, even today. Under … Read more
As a vehicle owner, we all expect to encounter the odd mechanical issue of sorts, on occasion. However, we also hope that issues of this type are easily diagnosed and repaired, with minimal cost or downtime. Unfortunately, some issues tend … Read more
CVT stands for Continuously Variable Transmission. The first CVT patent was awarded to Daimler-Benz in 1886. The CVT concept had been applied to saw mill machinery seven years earlier by an inventor named Milton Reeves. Down through the decades, CVTs … Read more
Have you ever been shopping for cars online and then filter your search by ‘manual transmission’ because all of the cool cars have them? If you haven’t, try it now. I’ll wait. See?? Isn’t that awesome what you find? Now, … Read more
Today, gears are a major part of our lives. Mostly hidden by appropriate enclosures, they do their work in all manner of servile devices from washing machines to laser printers to chainsaws. Many aspects of life would be far different … Read more
Have you ever attempted to leave for work in the morning, only to find that your automatic transmission is stuck in the park position? If so, you are certainly not alone. While indeed troubling, this issue is far more common … Read more
Outside of your engine, the transmission is the most complex part of your vehicle. But an automatic transmission doesn’t get half the attention of an engine, and it’s a shame because your vehicle’s tranny is a work of art that … Read more