Hi,

I have two questions which my dictionaries don't answer me concerning
a car:

1. The device in a car which controls the velocity, so the driver
don't has to use the accelerator pedal, how do you call it (in German
its a Tempomat).

2. The device which changes the gear automatically if you have an
automatic car, how do you call this? Automatic gears or automatic
gearbox or anything other?

Bygvir Melkerson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have two questions which my dictionaries don't answer me concerning
> a car:
> 
> 1. The device in a car which controls the velocity, so the driver
> don't has to use the accelerator pedal, how do you call it (in German
> its a Tempomat).


Cruise control.


> 2. The device which changes the gear automatically if you have an
> automatic car, how do you call this? Automatic gears or automatic
> gearbox or anything other?


Automatic gearbox.
An automatic.

-- 
Blue Sow

Bygvir Melkerson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have two questions which my dictionaries don't answer me concerning
> a car:
> 
> 1. The device in a car which controls the velocity, so the driver
> don't has to use the accelerator pedal, how do you call it (in German
> its a Tempomat).


Cruise control.


> 2. The device which changes the gear automatically if you have an
> automatic car, how do you call this? Automatic gears or automatic
> gearbox or anything other?


Automatic gearbox.
An automatic.

-- 
Blue Sow

In article <46448c74$0$19258$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
Blue Sow   wrote:
> Bygvir Melkerson wrote:
> > 2. The device which changes the gear automatically if you have an
> > automatic car, how do you call this? Automatic gears or automatic
> > gearbox or anything other?
> 
> Automatic gearbox.
> An automatic.

Sometimes called "automatic transmission".

Cheers
Tony
-- 
Tony Mountifield
Work: tony@softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk
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Tony Mountifield wrote:
> In article <46448c74$0$19258$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
> Blue Sow   wrote:
>> Bygvir Melkerson wrote:
>>> 2. The device which changes the gear automatically if you have an
>>> automatic car, how do you call this? Automatic gears or automatic
>>> gearbox or anything other?
>>
>> Automatic gearbox.
>> An automatic.
>
> Sometimes called "automatic transmission".

Although that is more of an American usage - they use "transmission" to mean 
gearbox, whereas we would employ it for the whole drivetrain.
-- 
John Briggs