Well thats juat typical lazy Americans for you, moving an extra hand and foot is far too much effort?!
I find manuals far easier to drive, even in traffic, you only have to be in 1st gear and move your clutch up and down. In an auto, its accelerate brak, accelerate brake.
As for the fuel savings, if you drive like a zombie on auto pilot, then yes, you might only save 10%, but having a manual allows you to drive the car, not the car drive you. When I pull out at a junction, from 0-60 takes me 1 gearchange, not 5 like an auto would choose. I pull off in 2nd gear, then change to 5th at 30 MPH and then accelerate to 60. And obviously, its easier and safer to go into neutral in a manual on hills, and use gravity instead of petrol!
I did this in my previous cars and got 82 MPG.
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