What about lifetime transmission fluid and no dipstick to check level/color?
this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2023
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I can’t tell if this is serious or sarcastic…
Then you are the target audience.
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The perfect truth of this meme is why I can never own an electric car.
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What is that retro-looking thing on the right?
(Also why are my question marks getting cut off? I typed 9 of them but only 3 show up.)
If you made an electric conversion and used an induction motor it could still be stick! Induction motors have a narrow range of useful rmps so the transmission is still needed!
https://motorandwheels.com/electric-cars-gears-manual-transmission/
6 Electric Cars With Manual Gears & Transmission (With Pictures)
What is that retro-looking thing on the right?
Hurst "Lightning Rods" from the 80s. Basically a flashy way to manually shift an automatic transmission.
Good write up and explanation here: https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/a-cool-idea-at-the-time-the-hurst-lightning-rods-shifter/
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Laughs in formula one.
There aren't any BEVs with this kind of manual transmissions. They just have 1 gear and are operated like automatics. And I am definitely not going back to DDD fuels (detonating dino diarrhea).
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