You want a fast car, who wouldn\u2019t? But it\u2019s got a DCT transmission, what\u2019s that? Don\u2019t worry, we\u2019ll tell you all you need to know on how a dual clutch transmission works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A manual gearbox has one clutch, an automatic transmission has a torque converter, but now there\u2019s an automatic transmission with two clutches. Is it an automated manual? Nope, well, kind of but not really. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clearly it makes a lot of sense. But what you need to get excited about is, high performance, lightning fast gear shifts, fuel efficiency, and no clutch pedal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Car manufacturers, in the pursuit of fuel economy, often make decisions that reduce driving experience. Dual clutch transmissions, or DCT\u2019s, are all about driving experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A standard transmission disengages the clutch, selects the next gear, engages the clutch and you\u2019re set. In a manual, you do the selecting and the clutching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A dual clutch automates the shift, like an automatic transmission, but has \u2018primed\u2019 the next gear. You have two input shafts with a raft of gears on each. Even numbered gears 2,4,6 on one, odd numbered gears on the other 1,3,5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You have two clutches, so the gear above and below the one you\u2019re in are ready to go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s what gives you those lightning fast shifts. If I\u2019m honest, I prefer driving a DCT over a manual. You aren\u2019t as \u2018attached to the machine\u2019 but if you like spirited driving and also not blowing out your left knee in traffic – DCT\u2019s are perfect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s like you aren\u2019t even listening to me. They are the performance based version of an automatic. They blend the engagement of a manual, with the practicality of an automatic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ok maybe you had a point. Standard automatics often get better fuel economy, are more comfortable and sometimes more practical. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dual clutch transmissions are also really, really, really expensive to repair, compared to standard transmissions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t panic, they might be expensive to fix, but we can make it way cheaper.<\/a> By using one of our partner garages <\/a>you can save time, money and hassle. We\u2019ll pair you with an expert mechanic, who can easily solve your headache. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You don\u2019t really need a DCT, you also don’t really need a fast car, but you should really want one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You want a fast car, who wouldn\u2019t? But it\u2019s got a DCT transmission, what\u2019s that? Don\u2019t worry, we\u2019ll tell you all you need to know on how a dual clutch transmission works. A manual gearbox has one clutch, an automatic transmission has a torque converter, but now there\u2019s an automatic transmission with two clutches. Is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"single-wrapped-thumbnail.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[57,169,12,174],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-3226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-car-maintenance","tag-how-it-works","tag-my-auto-shop","tag-transmission"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myautoshop.co.nz\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myautoshop.co.nz\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myautoshop.co.nz\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myautoshop.co.nz\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myautoshop.co.nz\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3226"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/myautoshop.co.nz\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3795,"href":"https:\/\/myautoshop.co.nz\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3226\/revisions\/3795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myautoshop.co.nz\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myautoshop.co.nz\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myautoshop.co.nz\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myautoshop.co.nz\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3226"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myautoshop.co.nz\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=3226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}