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Originally Posted by Shizuma
That's entirely based on the way people drive their cars though, simply put the MT is not capable of matching/beating the AT when driven the same due to gearing, when i'm cruising at 60mpg in my AT my RPM's are at about 1950, from what I've seen people post the MT is revving at somewhere around 2750. Really I wouldn't be surprised if the AT drivers drive more aggressive than the MT drivers as things like that don't always match up to what you would think, for example the cars I see driving the most aggressively on the roads aren't sports cars, they mostly Corollas, civics, or SUVs, not what one would consider the "performance option".
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You are right about the different gearing.. where I disagree is where you think that haveing lower gearing (aka same highway speed but the AT is at lower revs) is an advantage. These cars lack low end torque.. having higher gearing like you get with the MT gives you a little bit of that back.
aka a truck with 3.55 gears might have a higher top speed and MPG but a truck with 4.30 gears like my Tundra, have more pull off the line.