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It’s all in how you drive. I got 50-57 mpg in my old manual. My wife had the same engine in a different car as an automatic. I would only get 20-30 in it. My ca
by withinboredom 4y ago
It’s all in how you drive. I got 50-57 mpg in my old manual. My wife had the same engine in a different car as an automatic. I would only get 20-30 in it. My car was rated for 25-30 mpg. Most people don’t know how to drive a manual transmission for efficiency or never cared to find out, so they drive it like an automatic, which the car isn’t. Thus they end up with less mpg than they would in an automatic.
- wiz21c 4y agoCould you explain "how to drive a manual transmission" ? I have one but I've never asked myself how I could drive better...
- withinboredom 4y agoYou have control over the torque, just barely push in the gas when you accelerate and use the gears to keep up with traffic instead of the gas pedal, like on bike.
- throwaway0a5e 4y agoI'd just like to remind the downvoters that most early 90s compacts put down well over 40mpg with the manual, easily 50+ if you try, and around 30 no matter what you do if equipped with a 3spd auto. Depending on differences in usage patterns and driving style I low 50s vs high 20s is extreme but plausible.