Fifteen years ago, in a former life, I was buying/selling cars at auctions, and noticed the following odd phenomenon:
Cars with manual transmissions invariably had engines that were in better shape. I could never quite come up with a good reason as to why this would be so. It seems to me that an automatic would, over time, be stressing/shocking the engine far less than a manual (considering how badly many people shift). One possible reason I came up with is that maybe people that bought cars with manuals were likely to be "enthusiasts" and were a little more religious about oil changes, but even in cars that were completely dogged inside and out, with every other part destroyed -- the cars with manual trannys had better engines.
Has anyone else ever noticed this?
Does anyone know why this would be so?
Cars with manual transmissions invariably had engines that were in better shape. I could never quite come up with a good reason as to why this would be so. It seems to me that an automatic would, over time, be stressing/shocking the engine far less than a manual (considering how badly many people shift). One possible reason I came up with is that maybe people that bought cars with manuals were likely to be "enthusiasts" and were a little more religious about oil changes, but even in cars that were completely dogged inside and out, with every other part destroyed -- the cars with manual trannys had better engines.
Has anyone else ever noticed this?
Does anyone know why this would be so?