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Originally Posted by devinclfalcons
If the auto can get 3 mpg more than the manual on the highway, I will have to go with it over the manual. I have a 90 mile round trip to work and that could be a lot of money saved in gas...
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Well the auto probably costs more too, you'd have to be driving for quite a while to save that money back. Using 2 gallons a day vs. 1.8-1.9 gallons a day is not much of a cost difference. Not to mention, city mpg is probably worse. Unless you wanted an auto in the first place.
And also beware that I am doing calculations for 60mph cruising. As you go faster the gap closes due to higher torque requirement. So at 70-80 the difference might shrink quite a lot.
Personally I'm hoping they revise the ratios and drop 6th gear rpms a little more. It's free mpg numbers that they are choosing to not pick up for whatever reason. Lotus used retardedly short 6th gear, which killed their mpgs as well.