Gearing Automatics to get better FE

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Originally Posted by Bill in Houston

They (automatics) are sometimes rated better on the EPA test, but I don't think that it holds up in the real world. Over on a Honda Element group that I am in, every time that someone complains about their gas mileage, they are driving a automatic... That is anecdotal, I know.

I think you're right...with a manual one has more control over the shift points, and can do it better then any computer, to be sure, so it's easier to get high mpg with a manual of course...still, the AT's have come a long ways from the 1953 Oldsmobile FluidDrives......lol

I bike to work mostly, but on weekends, I use the car to get around all over...I mostly had manuals all my life (age 47) but these days I'd rather let the car do the shifting and even with that I get great mpg...