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Originally Posted by 7thgear
the only way you would get the exact same MPG with exact same gear ratios is if you shifted gears in the manual the same you would in an automatic
which you wouldn't, unless you have OCD or drive with an AFR gauge right in front of you and follow it religiously
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You make a very good point. This does apply to city driving. I agree. You can't compete with computer.
Maybe I'm too unexperienced to know this, but math just leads me to think that if in last gear and same engine load(rpm's) and on the highway, manual and automatic should be identical(again, given that the gear ratio and weight are the same).